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Chopin

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Cho·pin  (shpn, sh-p), Frédéric François 1810-1849.
Polish-born French composer and pianist of the romantic era. His music, written chiefly for the piano, was based on traditional Polish dance themes.
Cho·pin  (shpn), Kate O'Flaherty 1851-1904.
American writer whose works, such as The Awakening (1899), portray Creole life in Louisiana.
Chopin [ˈʃɒpæn (French) ʃɔpɛ̃]
n
(Biographies / Chopin, Frédéric (François) (1810-1849) M, Polish, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: pianist) Frédéric (François) (frederik). 1810-49, Polish composer and pianist active in France, who wrote chiefly for the piano: noted for his harmonic imagination and his lyrical and melancholy qualities
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Noun1.ChopinChopin - the music of Chopin; "he practiced Chopin day and night"
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
2.Chopin - United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)
Kate Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty Chopin
3.Chopin - French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
Frederic Francois Chopin


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The little piano is dumb night after night, its candles unlighted, and there is no one to play Chopin to us now as the day dies, and the shadows stoop out of their corners to listen in vain.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
They are engrossed by every one, by Chopin Trouillefou, by the cardinal, by Coppenole, by Quasimodo, by the devil
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
" "I have always said no one could play Chopin like Mademoiselle Reisz
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
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