<P> Frédéric François Chopin (/ ˈʃoʊpæ̃ /; French: (fʁedeʁik fʁɑ̃swa ʃɔpɛ̃); 1 March 1810--17 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 ." </P> <P> 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, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising . At 21, he settled in Paris . Thereafter--in the last 18 years of his life--he gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon . He supported himself by selling his compositions and by giving piano lessons, for which he was in high demand . Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt and was admired by many of his other musical contemporaries (including Robert Schumann). In 1835, Chopin obtained French citizenship . After a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska from 1836 to 1837, he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer Amantine Dupin (known by her pen name, George Sand). A brief and unhappy visit to Majorca with Sand in 1838--39 would prove one of his most productive periods of composition . In his final years, he was supported financially by his admirer Jane Stirling, who also arranged for him to visit Scotland in 1848 . For most of his life, Chopin was in poor health . He died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39, probably of tuberculosis . </P>

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