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Biografie. of Frédéric Chopin’s suffering and death Lucyna MAJKA1, Joanna GOZDZIK1, Micha³ WITT 2,3 1 Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznañ, Poland 2 Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznañ, Poland 3International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warszawa, Poland Abstract: … The last thing is simplicity. Chopin's sculpture at …

From his teens he suffered from respiratory tract infections, gradually accompanied by haemoptysis, pronounced breathing problems, diarrhoea and loss of weight.

Author information: (1)Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland. Chopin composed almost exclusively for piano solo and has been called the pianists' composer. The great nineteenth-century composer, Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849), was born in the wake of that horrid reign of “enlight­ened” barbarity, the French Revolu­tion – the age when Masonic phil­osophers boasted that Reason had finally triumphed over “the Gali­lean,” Jesus Christ – and he lived through two more successive out­bursts of that same hellish Revolu­tion. An investigation of the documental sources was performed to reconstruct the medical history of the artist. Chopin's death certificate said he died of tuberculosis, but there have always been doubts - and an examination of his heart this year has failed to put them to rest. Other possibilities have been advanced including cystic fibrosis, cirrhosis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. În capitala franceză își consolidează reputația ca interpret, profesor și compozitor, adoptând totodată numele de „Frédéric-François”.

Birthday: March 1, 1810 Date of Death: October 17, 1849 Age at Death: 39

(2)The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw, Poland.

After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. He was the second of four children of Nicholas Chopin, a Frenchman, and his Polish wife, Justina, who had been a well-educated but poor relative in … Since his earliest years, his life had been dominated by poor health.

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However, the attribution of tuberculosis as principal cause … He was 39 years old when he died. Frédéric Chopin' Death Mask - Created by Auguste Clésinger October 17th, 1849 Monuments . Statue of Chopin - Łazienki Park, Warsaw. On October 17, 1849, Poland's greatest composer, Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) died aged 39. The great Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin had a morbid fear of premature burial. Frédéric Chopin, a Polish composer (a writer of music) and pianist, was one of the creators of the typically romantic character piece. Polish composer Frédéric Chopin has had a strange afterlife.