(March 1, 1810-October 17, 1849)
Birth name was Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen
Resided in Paris
Wrote polonaises, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, scherzos, impromptus and many other piano works
Boyfriend of the (female) novelist George Sand

He was girlish and wimpy.
He was too frail to play the piano loudly.
He was a child prodigy.
He sometimes wore a beard on just one side of his face.
He detested the English.
He was paranoid about being buried alive.
His girlfriend was named ‘George.’
After he died, the girlfriend told people he never had sex in his life.

Many consider him to be the greatest piano composer in history.
He broke up with George Sand because he was falsely told that she was cheating on him.
He suffered from tuberculosis.
He died at 39.
He wrote the famous ‘Funeral March’ that played during President Kennedy’s funeral procession.
Hugh Grant portrayed him in a movie.

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