#Fryderyk Chopin

[antynous]

“Why do people woobify Chopin” ask Liszt

#I can say I know him because I do. I know him personally #fryderyk chopin #frederic chopin #franz liszt #classical composers #composer yaoi

[tot-en-tanz]

chopin sketch ^_^ (with a cut off liszt in the corner)

#frederic chopin #fryderyk chopin #chopin #art #sketch

[felixwhetsel]

"Paris is whatever you choose : you can amuse yourself, be bored, laugh, cry, do anything you like, and nobody looks at you; because thousands of others are doing the same as you, and everyone goes his own road...

...I finally decided to migrate to this other world. Through Paër, who is court conductor here, I have met Rossini, Cherubini, Baillot, etc. — also Kalkbrenner. You would not believe how curious I was about Herz, Liszt, Hiller, etc. —"

#Fryderyk Chopin #Franz Liszt #Frédéric Chopin #historical fanart #1830s #felix draws

[lordcastaway]

i just think he's neat

#frederic chopin #chopin #fryderyk chopin #my art

[slaviclore]

(I'm using their westernized names on purpose to avoid biasing the poll pls don't kill me)

#history #polls #Europe #fryderyk chopin #Marie Skłodowska-Curie

[disapoimeq]

chat ignore this post I just wanted to draw my gf Fryc

#chopin #fryderyk chopin #classical music #classical composer #composer #art #shitpost #history

[emilia-chopin]

together even on a postage stamp

#frederic chopin #franz liszt #chopin #liszt #classical composers #classical composer #classical music #classic composers #fryderyk chopin #art

[shiii-is-tired]

pianist vs his gf’s puppy

#marquis mentioned #chopin #frédéric chopin #classical composers #fryderyk chopin #chopins only son and it’s sand’s lil puppy

[ariaovon]

🎶

#fryderyk chopin #chopin #classical music #classical composer #romantic era #frederic chopin #portrait

[ohchopin]

"Franz Liszt: Musician, Celebrity, Superstar", Oliver Hilmes

#chopin #liszt #fryderyk chopin #franz liszt #ferenc liszt #frederic chopin #chopin liszt #pianist #classical music #19th century #romantic academia #composers #classical composers #piano music #dark academia #light academia #romanticism #romantyzm #1830s #pleyel

[antynous]

Save me choliszt

#franz liszt #fryderyk chopin #frederic chopin #classical composers #art

[tot-en-tanz]

more chopin ft. marquis <3

#art #fryderyk chopin #chopin #I love sand’s crusty white dog

[frodogla]

I CANT TAKE A GOOD PHOTO MY HANDS ARE SHAKING SORY

#frederic chopin #chopin #fryderyk chopin #franz liszt #art #artwork #sketch #classical composers

[redgrasshopper]

I vaguely remember playing Chopin once. Wish my friends were this fun

#classical composers #franz liszt #liszt #chopin #frederic chopin #fryderyk chopin #goofy shit

[slaviclore]

I tell my piano the things I would have once told you.

Fryderyk Chopin, in a letter to Tytus Woyciechowski on October 3, 1829

secret context:

This is probably the most famous Chopin quote of them all, to the point that it's on the verge of cliche. The notion that this teenager (he's 19 here) with his extraordinary musical destiny would be confiding in his piano as if to a friend is super compelling. BUT there's another reason why I find it satisfying, and for that I give you the extended passage, Polish and all:

Nie uwierzysz, jak dla mnie teraz Warszawa smutna; gdyby nie to, że familia mi uprzyjemnia, to bym nie wysiedział. – A jak to przykro nie mieć pójść do kogo rano, podzielić z nim smutku, radości; jak to niegodziwie, kiedy coś cięży, a nie ma gdzie złożyć. Wiesz, do czego ta aluzja. Fortepianowi gadam to, co bym tobie był nieraz powiedział.

You wouldn't believe how depressing Warsaw is to me now; if it weren't for my family cheering me up, I wouldn't be able to stand it. -- How miserable it is not to have someone to go to in the morning, to share with him the sadness, the joy; how wicked it is when something weighs on you, and you have nowhere to lay it down. You know to what I allude. I tell my piano the things I would have once told you.

Yes go ahead and enjoy, it's lovely.

the thing is, historians have interpreted this as: poor Chopin is feeling stifled in Warsaw after his big trip abroad (he'd been to Vienna recently) :'( now he can't wait to leave again and go to a proper european city like Paris or Vienna where he'll finally be able to make real art for real :'( :'(

but the thing is, the only thing Chopin finds "depressing" about Warsaw is specifically that his bff/maybe secret boyfriend, to whom he is writing this letter, is not in it anymore. so while a 100 years worth of historians are trying hard to west-ify him, our boy is over here just telling a man he misses him. hero.

#fryderyk chopin #history #quotes #my translations #chopin #edit: fixed the date #this absolutely did not happen in the 1900s can u imagine

[emilia-chopin]

anime Chopin vs anime Liszt

#frederic chopin #classical composers #franz liszt #chopin #classical composer #classical music #fryderyk chopin #classic composers