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| | Frédéric Chopin |
 | | Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is widely seen as the greatest of Polish composers and the very greatest of composers for the piano, the instrument for which he wrote almost exclusively. |
 | | In the autumn of 1826, Chopin began studying music theory, figured bass, and composition at the Warsaw School of Music, which was part of the Conservatory and connected with Warsaw University, headed by the composer Jozef Elsner (b. |
 | | Chopin once claimed that he was using the piano to re-create the gradefulness of the singing voice, and often stated that his greatest influences were operatic composers Donizetti and Bellini. |
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