Frederic Chopin Biography |
| Frederic Chopin is the best piano composer of all time, even to this
date. His music has inspired pianists all over the world. The music of
Frederic Chopin is not only original, but has the most emotional impact
for piano music. He took advantage of the piano in every way possible,
trying not to be too ridiculous, as some composers are today, but trying
not to be too conservative. Frederic Chopin was creative in a way that
still makes his music far superior than all piano composers of this
time. Proof that the music of Frederic Chopin is highly valued is that
the average person probably would have heard of one or two of his piano
compositions, even if they never listen to piano music. Frederic Chopin composed all of his music experimenting at the piano for countless hours. He was concerned with the musicality and poetic nature of every single one of his piano pieces, rather than how virtuosic it would sound. This is why the piano music of Frederic Chopin is the best right now. No other piano composer seems to have gotten it right. Chopin improvised many of his complicated piano music works, especially the Fantasie Impromptu. The reason Frederic Chopin improvised is because he was fond of "free form" and all of his music is of that type. He did not want to be restricted. The Fantasie Impromptu was his most free form piece, which is why he gave it the name, Impromptu. Even though Frederic Chopin was fond of improvision, his music was carefully planned, logically written for the pianist, and was the most poetic piano music in history. Perhaps the reason he liked free form is because he wanted to explore the piano musically, in ways that all piano composers today still cannot even comprehend. No one comes close, musically, to the piano music of Frederic Chopin, and that is a fact. He never had any competition, and still has no competition. If Fredric Chopin had concentrated on symphonies, he would write better symphonies than Beethoven. But he did not concentrate on symphony writing, which is the reason why Frederic Chopin wrote poor for anything else but the piano. The only reason Frederic Chopin concentrated on the piano was probably because he could not write music in his head. He was extremely creative but needed an aid, and the aid being the piano. Another reason why he concentrated on the piano was probably because he realized that the piano has many more possibilities than an orchestra. Frederic Chopin was a true hero to the piano, and gave the piano justice. Before his time, the piano only created boring piano music tunes. After Frederic Chopin, it was realized that the piano had capabilities of playing music that can be more musical than an orchestra. |