Frédéric Chopin is a human[1]. He was born in Żelazowa Wola[2]. He died in Paris[3]. He worked as a composer[4], pianist[5], piano teacher[6], virtuoso[7], and musician[8]. He ranks in the top 0.33% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month, #3,302 of 1,000,298).[9]
Frédéric Chopin's place of birth was Żelazowa Wola[2]. His father was Nicolas Chopin[13]. His mother was Tekla Justyna Chopin[14]. Polish was his native language[20].
Education
Educated at Chopin University of Music[28], a music academy[29], in Poland[30], founded in 1810[31] and University of Warsaw[32], a university[33], in Poland[34], founded in 1816[35], headquartered in Warsaw[36].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include composer[4], pianist[5], piano teacher[6], virtuoso[7], musician[8], and pedagogue[21]. Fields of work include art music[22], a music genre[37]; Romantic music[23], a music genre[38]; nocturne[24], a music genre[39]; ballad[25], a literary genre[40]; étude[26], a musical form[41]; and mazurka[27], a musical form[42].
Death and Burial
Frédéric Chopin died in Paris[3]. The cause of death was tuberculosis[43]. Recorded place of burial include his tomb[10], Père Lachaise Cemetery[11], and Holy Cross Church[12].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Frédéric Chopin include Warsaw Chopin Airport[44], International Chopin Piano Competition[45], Chopin Vodka[46], Chopin University of Music[47], Birthplace of him[48], Fryderyk[49], Sciopèn[50], and Chopin[51].
Why It Matters
Frédéric Chopin ranks in the top 0.33% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month, #3,302 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] He is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
He has been cited as an influence by Alexander Scriabin[54], a composer[55], 1872–1915[56], of Russian Empire[57], specialised in Symbolism[58] and Larysa Moro-Borushenko[59], a pianist[60], b. 1944[61], of Brazil[62].
Entities named for him include Warsaw Chopin Airport[44], International Chopin Piano Competition[45], Chopin Vodka[46], Chopin University of Music[47], Birthplace of him[48], and Fryderyk[49].
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