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Fryderyc-François Chopin (1810–1849): Music and malady

2013; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0967772013511394

1758-1087

FW Leigh,

Musicians’ Health and Performance

Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola in Western Poland. He had no formal piano tuition and one could say that his skill as a pianist was self-taught, close to a miracle. All his compositions included the piano; this was not a restriction for him. The illnesses that plagued him and the cause of his death are the subject of articles by retrospective diagnosticians.