Raoul Koczalski
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Raoul Armand Jerzy Koczalski was a Polish pianist and composer. He also used the pseudonym Georg Armand Koczalski.
Raoul Koczalski
Raoul Koczalski recording for Welte-Mignon in 1925
Frédéric Chopin
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Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era
Raoul Koczalski
…never studied at a conservatory but had further private lesson on the piano and in composition with Ludwig Marek (1891–1892), Karol Mikuli (1821–1897) (Chopin's favorite Polish student and composer) and instrumentation with Henryk Jarecki (1893–1894). At the age of 7 he gave concerts, and at 9 he was playing…
Daguerreotype, c. 1849
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola
Chopin's father, Nicolas Chopin, by Mieroszewski, 1829
Chopin, by Mieroszewski, 1829