Frédéric François Chopin

a) Romanticism is art in the late 18th century emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
b) Frederic Chopin played romantic music.
c) Nobody can be totally romantic in nature.
1) Chopin played Romantic music.
2) "Character Pieces" are a staple of Romantic piano music. It is based on a single idea or program. They are characterized by the idea they invoke.
3) "Etudes" are three sets of solo studies for piano played by Chopin. There were 27 overall.
4) Frederic Chopin was a very ill man. He also had a relationship with George Sand, a woman. After she made a comic showing him like a weak man, their relationship ended but their friends tried to keep them together.