Frederic Chopin is a really unique name. Who is he?
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (, , , , ; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."
Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy,
Frederic (given name)
Frederic is a given name. For its origin, see Frederick. Notable persons with that name include:
In arts:
- Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
- Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), American landscape painter
- Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor
- Frederic Remington (1861–1909), American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer
- Frederic Tuten (born 1936), American novelist,