10 and op.25, plus a further set of three without opus numbers), are widely considered to be amongst the pinnacles of the piano repertoire. His compositions, which are almost exclusively for the piano, such as the Funeral March piano sonata and the twenty-seven études (op.

He suffered poor health for much of his life and this forced him to give up performing and teaching shortly before he died on 17th October 1849. In 1836 he met the French writer George Sand, with whom he had a relationship for nine years until 1847.

In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer, and he adopted the French variant of his name, “Frédéric-François”. He never returned to Poland, but after his death his sister Ludwika took his heart to Poland - in accordance with his last will, where it was placed inside a pillar of the Holy Cross Church at Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street. There he composed his two piano concertos with their patriotic Polish themes and rhythms, based on traditional polish dances. In Warsaw he was hailed as a child prodigy and as the “second Mozart” for his piano and composition skill, for which the composer Robert Schumann complimented the talented pianist: “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!” Due to the political situation in Poland, he left his country for France at the age of twenty. He was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, of Polish and French parentage, on 1st March 1810 in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland. Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.Frédéric François Chopin (1810 –1849) is one of the most famous, influential, and admired composers and virtuoso pianists of the Romantic era.Variations sur un air national de Moore, B.12a (4 hands).Variations sur un air national allemand, B.14.Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53 Héroïque.Mazurka in B-flat major 'Wołowska', B.73.Wikipedia article (article about all his 21 nocturnes, while this page, and many of the uploads, cover the 19 nocturnes with opus number.)

Nocturne in e flat major