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                                                                                                                                                                            26/10/07
                                                                                                       Polish celebrities in Europe

             Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, the Polish composer and pianist, was born on 1 March 1810.His birthplace was the village of Zelazowa Wola near Sochaczew, in the region of Mazovia, which was part of the Duchy of Warsaw. He had a Polish mother and French expatriate father. Hailed as a child prodigy in his homeland, Chopin left for Paris at the age of 20. In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer. Then he also adopted the French variant of his name, "Frédéric-François". He had a turbulent 10-year relationship with the French writer George Sand from 1837 to 1847. Always in fragile health, he succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 39.Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano, and published little music that didn't involve it. His compositions are widely considered to be among the pinnacles of the piano's repertoire. He invented some musical forms, but his most significant innovations were within existing structures such as the piano sonata, waltz, étude, prelude, nocturne and Polonaise. Chopin is widely regarded as one of the most famous, influential, admired and prolific composers for the piano.
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             Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, polski kompozytor i pianista, urodzony 1 marca 1810 roku. Jego miejscem urodzenia byla Zelazowa Wola, kolo Sochaczewa na Mazowszu, ktora nalezala do Ksiestwa Warszawskiego.
Mial on polska matke i francu  skiego ojca zyjacego na emigracji . Okrzykniety cudownym dzieckiem w ojczyznie, Chopin wyjechal do Paryza w wieku 20 lat. W Paryzu zrobil kariere tak samo jako artystka, nauczyciel, jak i kompozytor.
Wtedy rowniez przyjal francuski wariant swojego imienia "Frédéric-François". Mial on burzliwy 10 letni zwiazek z francuska pisarka George Sand od 1837 do 1847 roku. Chopin zawsze mial watle zdrowie, umarl na gruzlice pluc w wieku 39 lat.
Chopin pisal niemalze wylacznie na fortepian, publikowal rozwniez troche muzyki ktorej sam nie tworzyl. Jego kompozycje sa szeroko uwazane za bycie miedzy szczytowym repertuarem fortepianowym.Wymyslil on kilka form muzycznych, ale wiekszosc jego znaczacych utworow zostalo stworzonych w ramach istniejacych struktur takich jak sonaty, waltze, etiudy, preludia, nokturny i polki. Chopin jest szeroko uznawany jako jeden z najslawniejszych, najbardziej wplywowych, podziwianych i plodnych fortepianowych kompozytorow.

                                                                                                                                                                           Tomasz Bykowski     
                                                                                                                                                 Zespol Szkol Lacznosci im Obroncow Poczty Polskiej 
                                                                                                                                                 e la partecipazione dei licei Alessi e Lurçat