The open square in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin refers to the window through which Mrs. Mallard gazes and experiences a moment of freedom and clarity upon learning of her husband's death. It symbolizes her newfound sense of liberation and the possibility of a life free from societal constraints.

The character, Lucian Gray, plays Chopin's Prelude No 8 in F Sharp Minor in the novel 'Poets Authors Lovers' by Mira Tudor.

Kate Chopin started writing after her mother and her husband died. Her husband left her in a lot of debt and she struggled to manage her 6 children. Her doctor and friend encouraged her to write short stories as a way of escape.

Yes, she attended Sacred Heart Academy

Nocturne in E flat major, op. 9 no. 2 .......

no...i don't think so...I play piano myself and i am up to 7th grade. I currently play the Nocturne in E flat major, op. 9 no. 2 and it is NOT his most famous plece. It is very famous but the most famous one is

Ø Fantaisie- Impromptu in C sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66

The Nocturne No.2 is more famous to the ordinary person.

But the Fantasie-Impromptu is more famous to the piano player

What about his Funeral March?? Is that not pretty well known??

How about the Waltz in D-flat... sometimes called the minute waltz because it can be played in one minute! :D

Most famous doesn't necessarily mean best, although his work is consistently brilliant. I think his most famous piece is the A flat Polonaise.

Frédéric François Chopin was buried in Paris. He died in his apartment at Place Vendôme 12, Paris at age 39 on October 17, 1849 from pulmonary tuberculosis (or possibly cystic fibrosis -- the controversy over his cause of death still is unresolved). His body was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. Because of his superstitions and fears about being buried alive, his heart was removed and preserved at a Warsaw church (Krasiński Palace at Krakowskie Przedmieście 5) in his home country of Poland.

He wrote a group of minuets in Op. 64, one of them was the Minute Waltz (No. 1), which is quite famous. He also wrote a ton of preludes in Op. 20, especially the C Minor one, which is also a major study among piano students. polonaises, mazurkas, dances, waltzes. Chopin wrote a lot of those to.

I would say that it is probably the easiest of the polonaises and its repetition makes it easier to learn. It is the one I learned first but it is by no means easy to play well. The first four polonaises, being opus 26 no. 1 and 2 and opus 40 no. 1 and 2, do not contain any severe technical hurdles and should be manageable by a post grade 8 pianist. All the others are impossible to anyone but the most talented of piano players.

The story focuses on a man named Clay (Christensen) who is in love with a woman named Sam (Alba) but is unwilling to tell his mother of their relationship. We later find out this is due to Sam being his mother's personal assistant. Clay suffers from a heart condition which requires a heart transplant to be carried out by a doctor who previously saved his life and is now his good friend. However during the surgery he encounters "anesthetic awareness" and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed. To escape the pain, Clay has an out of body experience and uncovers some sinister plots. Meanwhile Sam must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them.

Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes.

I'm not sure what the question is, but I will try to guess what you mean:

The Polonaise in A-flat Major Opus 53 is one of Chopin's most famous works. Notice that it's just a Polonaise, not a Polonaise-Fantasy. You may be looking for the Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Opus 61; in which case I cannot help you.

This polonaise though, nicknamed the "Heroic Polonaise", was written in a somewhat freer manner than most Polonaises. But nonetheless it is one of the most popular Chopin pieces to date and is still widely played by amateurs and professionals alike (an example of the former being yours truly). The piece is difficult to play at best; a notable example being the b-flat melodic minor ascension scale, which trips me up at least. I can't speak for others. Then we have the E-major section in the middle where the left hand plays on octaves; in a word: the weakling's nightmare. I don't mean offense to anyone; but if your left hand isn't strong enough, you can forget about playing this song unless you have the dedication to keep working at it until you can play the section with appropriate quality (I still can't, so please don't call me a hypocrite....I'm just warning you beforehand, it's a very difficult thing to play).

Also, one must be careful to apply just enough rubato and not too much/too little to the song; in my opinion, Rafal Blechacz plays the song with just enough rubato, and Horowitz is an example of too little (though I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for this. PLEASE don't start screaming at me. I like Horowitz's playing too; I just think he could have used oh-so-slightly more rubato in his interpretation). Then if you look at some others, they use too much (I believe it was a Japanese person who did so in the International Chopin Competition).

Enough about rubato; the last thing to mention is persistence. Since I am a piano noob, it took me two years to get this song to the point where it is actually playable; I still have not mastered the middle E-major section on octaves and cannot play the song through without mistakes. I suspect you are not such a noob as I am; and so you will have much less difficulty.

Good luck!

He mainly made music for the piano and he did write some music for the flute. He also wrote music for the drums also and one more was the saxophone. I think that's how you spell it! :)

I'm most familiar that Fredric Chopin played the Piano.

No. He was once betrothed, but the relationship never developed further due to some meddling by the girl's mother who felt that Chopin's increasingly poor health made him 'unsuitable' for marriage to her daughter.

Chopin had a teenage infatuation with a couple of girls that he was too shy to progress and finally he had a relationship with the French Novelist Aurore Dudevant (nom-de-plume Georges Sand). This relationship had a basis of love and mutual artistic admiration and lasted for many years, but they never married.

Aurore is to be thanked for providing the peace, tranquility and means that allowed Chopin to create many of his finest masterpieces - without whose support these may never have been composed.

Sadly the relationship gradually fell apart, for complex reasons, a few years before he died. It could be said the anguish of this parting may have hastened Chopin's deteriorating health as the support and means that she had provided were no longer available to Chopin.

I believe that he wrote it for his country and for the things he saw around him. Musicians take what they have in their environment and they use it as a means of inspiration. When listening to his piano music, I have realized that the wide range of emotions he uses really taps into your soul and it's something that you could relate to. He might have possibly been commissioned on some pieces of music but, you know, that doesn't really matter.

Chopin died in Paris, France of complications from tuberculosis.

Chopin was a Polish composer who lived most of his life in France. He was born more than 50 years after the end of the Baroque era.

He composed classical music almost exclusively for the piano. Chopin's style was Romantic. But the type of music he composed in was classical, as opposed to jazz or rock 'n roll, for instance.

Chopin wrote 27 etudes; two sets of 12 (op.10 and op.25) and "Three New Etudes."

Chopin was born on March 1, 1810 and died on October 17, 1849. He lived for 39 years. He died of tuberculosis, which he had suffered with from his late teens.

3 part song form (C# minor), with trio (Db major)