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• Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.

  Frederic Chopin

  Birthplace, Dies, Hard

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• You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat

  Frederic Chopin

  Writing, Dry, Hungry

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.19, Courier Corporation

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• They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me.

  Frederic Chopin

  People, Giving, Desire

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• All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the artists here.

  Frederic Chopin

  Artist, Piano, People

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess).

  Frederic Chopin

  Life, Philosophy, Mistake

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.205, Courier Corporation

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• 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 . . . in this respect this is a savage country.

  Frederic Chopin

  Dream, Country, Piano

  "Fryderyk Chopin, Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina". Book by Bronisław Edward Sydow, (2 vols.), Vol. 1, p. 443, 1955.

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• Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.

  Frederic Chopin

  Flower, Simple, Enemy

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• I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.

  Frederic Chopin

  Paris, People, Ass

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.154, Courier Corporation

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• Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

  Frederic Chopin

  People, Boring, Concerts

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.362, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.

  Frederic Chopin

  Beautiful, Guitar, Sound

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• Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.

  Frederic Chopin

  Please Me, Cities, Vienna

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• Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.

  Frederic Chopin

  Stars, Ciphers, Helping

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• Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous and played as I play when I am alone. It went well... and I had to come back and bow four times.

  Frederic Chopin

  Play, Yesterday, People

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• I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end up not being able to learn it myself.

  Frederic Chopin

  Life, Philosophy, Novices

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• England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.

  Frederic Chopin

  Country, Piano, People

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• Here, waltzes are called works! And Strauss and Lanner, who play them for dancing, are called Kapellmeistern. This does not mean that everyone thinks like that; indeed, nearly everyone laughs about it; but only waltzes get printed.

  Frederic Chopin

  Mean, Thinking, Play

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.137, Courier Corporation

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