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3. The work done on the question of Chopin and religion falls into two camps. On the one side, Bonner avers that Chopin's writing demonstrates that she was a practicing, believing Christian. On the other, Garnet Ayers Batinovich argues that an anti-Christian subtext runs throughout Chopin's fiction.
Did Chopin ever marry?
He married Justyna Krzyżanowska, a poor relative of the Skarbeks, one of the families for whom he worked. Chopin was baptised in the same church where his parents had married, in Brochów. His eighteen-year-old godfather, for whom he was named, was Fryderyk Skarbek, a pupil of Nicolas Chopin.
Was Chopin French or Polish?
Frédéric Chopin, French in full Frédéric François Chopin, Polish Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen, (born March 1, 1810 [see Researcher's Note: Chopin's birth date], Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland]—died October 17, 1849, Paris, France), Polish French composer and pianist of the Romantic period, ...
What is the significance of Chopin?
Chopin was the first composer of genius to devote himself uniquely to the piano — every one of his works was written for it either as solo instrument or in combination with other instruments. The majority of his solo pieces are in shorter forms, and improvisatory by nature.
