Frederic Chopin was a musician born in 1810 in Poland. When he was young he showed an aptitude for music. He moved to France to make a living composing and playing. When Chopin visited Beethoven's hometown, Vienna, just 2 years after Beethoven died he proved to the citizens there that he was a prodigy. Chopin did not only write compositions, he also assembled many of the scales and chords present in music today. His first work "Polonaise in G Minor,"" was so impressive Chopin was called, "A Genius in music.""1 Frederic Chopin was a great composer because of his family's support and musical background, his compositions, and his love for music.
Frederic Chopin was born into a loving, supportive family. On either "March first- or "February twenty-second,"" 1810 Frederic Chopin was born to parents, Nicolas and Justyna.2,3 Nicolas was a teacher and was commissioned to tutor Count Skarbek's children. It was at the Count's estate in Zelazova Vola Poland where Frederic was born. On "23 April 1810,"" Frederic Chopin was christened as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin.4 It wasn't until Chopin moved to France that he changed the spelling of his name. In October of 1810 Nicolas moved his family to Warsaw, Poland so that he could teach French at the Lycée. Nicolas played the flute and the violin and Justyna played the piano. Chopin showed a forte for music at a very young age. an appreciation for music in his early childhood, "Whenever his mother was playing, he liked to crawl underneath the instrument and crouch there for hours, wonder-struck-.5 Frederic's parents were inclined to get him a professional piano teacher when, "He was discovered seated at the keyboard-.6 The first teacher was Adalbert Zywny, once a court pianist in Poland, until Poland was partitioned. Zywny, was said to be "The only real music teacher Chopin ever had-.7 Later Chopin traveled to the Conservatioire to be taught by Joseph Elsner.