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Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

  • Audience182K
  • Fame87.8
  • Momentum1.1
Source-basedStable
182K youtube followers
  • Audience182K
  • Fame87.8
  • Momentum1.1
  • Global rank#116
  • France rank#8
  • Musicians rank#22
Lived 1810–1849, aged 39France
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    182K
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  • Wikipedia
    172 languages
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  • Global rank
    #116
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  • Era
    1810–1849
    Aged 39
Summary
Updated 2026-08-13

He turned the piano into an instrument of impossible intimacy—technically ferocious, emotionally microscopic—and then barely performed in public, preferring salons where 30 people could hear the nuance that made him the Romantic era's defining voice.

Biography

About

Born in Żelazowa Wola in 1810, Chopin grew up in Warsaw as a child prodigy, finishing his musical education there before leaving Poland at 20, less than a month before the November 1830 Uprising broke out. At 21 he settled in Paris, where he gave only 30 public performances total, supporting himself instead by selling compositions and teaching piano to high-demand students. He befriended Franz Liszt, earned the admiration of Robert Schumann, and after a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska maintained a turbulent relationship with the French writer George Sand—their brief, unhappy 1838–39 stay…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin
said
Give me a kiss, dearest lover. I'm certain that you still love me, and I fear you always, like some tyrant over me. I don't know why, but I fear you.
— Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski, 5 October 1830
Frédéric Chopin
said
I'm glad that the secret is submerged in my heart, that in me is the end of what is for you the beginning.
— Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski, 31 August 1830
Frédéric Chopin
said
No one other than I has read your letter. As always, even now, I carry your letters with me.
— Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski, 27 March 1830
Frédéric Chopin
saidundated
Messieurs, I should like to be granted the favour of performing at one of your admirable concerts, and this I beg to ask of you.
— Letter of application to the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.
Frédéric Chopin
saidundated
My piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot make any because here there are not any pianos . . .
— Letter to Camille Pleyel.
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Albums

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  • 4 ballades / Sonata no. 2 / Marche Funebre
    1985
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
    1985
  • Impromptus / Fantaisie Op. 49 / Barcarolle / Berceuse (Murray Perahia)
    1985
  • Horowitz
    1985
  • Klavierwerke
    1985
  • 4 Scherzi / Polonaise-fantaisie, op. 61
    1985
  • Chopin Recital: Piano Sonata no. 2 op. 35 / Prélude / Scherzo / Nocturne / Études
    1985
  • 19 Waltzes
    1984
  • Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
    1984
  • Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25
    1984
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
87.8
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.1
Historical31.2
Now attention14.1
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
Global rank
#116
Country rank
#8
Category rank
#22
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Sources

  • Wikidata
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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