Search results
3 days ago · From 1840, Chopin’s health condition deteriorated. He lost still more weight (weighing only 45 kilograms) and was described as pale, thin, and looking ill (6). A caricature drawn by a friend in 1844 clearly shows that he had developed a barrel chest (6, 13).
- Ulf E Kongsgaard
- 2011
3 days ago · Answer: George Sand. George Sand, the pen name of Aurore Dudevant. During this often strained relationship, Chopin wrote some of his most beautiful music. George, who was married, ended the affair in 1845. After this time, Chopin wrote almost nothing.
- Stetienne
3 days ago · Chopin had several important relationships throughout his life, including a long-term romantic relationship with the French writer George Sand. He also had close friendships with other prominent artists and musicians, including the composer Franz Liszt .
1 day ago · In late 1801, Beethoven met a young countess, Julie Guicciardi, through the Brunsvik family; he mentions his love for Julie in a November 1801 letter to a friend, but class difference prevented any consideration of pursuing it.
1 day ago · Shostakovich confessed to his friend Isaac Glikman, "I started thinking that if some day I die, nobody is likely to write a work in memory of me, so I had better write one myself." [ 95 ] Several of Shostakovich's colleagues, including Natalya Vovsi-Mikhoels [ 96 ] and the cellist Valentin Berlinsky , [ 97 ] were also aware of the Eighth ...
2 days ago · She died on 17 March 1752, and, at word of her death, Johnson wrote a letter to his old friend Taylor, which according to Taylor "expressed grief in the strongest manner he had ever read". [107] Johnson wrote a sermon in her honour, to be read at her funeral, but Taylor refused to read it, for reasons which are unknown.
3 days ago · That was the holiday I was introduced to sailing. I had jumped at the opportunity to join four fellow students at the University of Louvain (Belgium) for a week of adventure, sailing out from the ...
