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Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? We suggest some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. Geraint Lewis’s point of ...

Unlike many Polish modernist nocturnes, Władysław Podkowiński’s unfinished final painting goes beyond realist conventions. Marsz Żałobny Chopina (editor’s translation: Chopin’s Funeral March) is the ...

Meanwhile, Chopin’s music was poised to cut loose from the rather standardised brooding of the Funeral March and daemonic angst of the B flat minor Scherzo. The vital catalyst? None other than George ...

In the pop version of Chopin's life, George Sand's love kills him. In the 1945 Charles Vidor biopic, A Song to Remember, featuring Cornel Wilde as the composer and Merle Oberon as the writer, Chopin ...

No one made funeral music quite like Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer born 200 years ago Monday. Chances are, you've heard snippets of his... Chopin's Iconic Funeral March Chopin's Iconic Funeral ...