A 19th century Polish-French composer famous for his solo piano works.
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Chopin Term Timeline in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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Chapter 2
...his “sincere appreciation”—this made the narrator grateful and emotional, and he channeled it into a Chopin waltz; after he finished, his father embraced him, and he asked his mother whether his...
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Chapter 11
...as he returned to “the wholesome dreams of my boyhood”; he even began writing new “Chopinesque” songs for her.
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