Resources




     Frédéric Chopin  (Wikipedia article)

     Chopin course:  Timeline of Chopin's Life

     A List of Chopin's Compositions

     Miscellaneous Chopin Compositions

     Best Compositions Lists of all time (best symphonies, concertos, sonatas and much more)

     Ken's Classical Music Website 

     Chopin's Music on YouTube

     A List of Top Pianists from c. 1960 to Present

     Excellent video:     Pianist Garrick Ohlsson discusses Chopin's work  (1 hour)         

     Excellent video:     Garrick Ohlsson, Why Chopin?  (1 hour, 20 min)     

     Excellent video:      Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin's Kingdom  (32 min)

     Ken article:             Who was Frédéric Chopin?

     Ken table:               Timeline of Chopin's Life

     Ken table:               Composer Timeline for this course            

     Ken table:               Points on Romanticism

     Ken article:             Introduction to Romanticism and Romantic Music  (Day 1 Introductory Talk)

     Ken article:             The Chopin Course Website Overview         

     Course Talk:            Romanticism and the Romantic Era

     Wikipedia article:    19th Century Romanticism

     Wikipedia article:    19th Century Romanticism in Music

      Wikipedia article:   Transition from Classical to Romantic Music

      Wikipedia article:   19th Century Nationalism in Music 

      List:                         Romantic Composers


     The Chopin Course on Zoom notes.

     Video:                       Romanticism & Piano Music  Part 1 (12 min)

     Video:                       Romanticism & Piano Music  Part 2  (13:45)

     Video                        BBC Great Composers:  Chopin  (30 min)

     Documentary            Chopin:  The Women Behind the Music  (90 minutes)\

     Documentary            Landmarks of Western Art:  Romanticism  (48 min)


The following three video documentaries are about English romantic poets only,
          but are applicable to most arts in early 19th century western Europe...

            The Romantics:  Nature  (1 hour) The one to watch if you only watch 1 of the 3.

            The Romantics:  Visions of Eternity  (1 hour) 

            The Romantics:  Liberty  (1 hour)


     The International Chopin Competition (Wikipedia)

     TalkClassical.com  (A Very Good Classical Music Forum)

      ClassicalMusicOnly.com  (Another very good classical music site)

      A very good Chopin website (https://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/)  with very good articles 
               on each of his compositions

      Chopin Biography:  Chopin: Prince of the Romantics.  Adam Zamoyski  (2010)





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