Frédéric Chopin
1810 to 1849
17 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 17 dated presences for Frédéric Chopin across 13 places, from 1810 to 1842. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 to 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Frédéric Chopin was documented, and when
October 1810month
Warsawattested
“In October 1810, six months after Chopin's birth, the family moved to Warsaw, where his father acquired a post teaching French at the Warsaw Lyceum, then housed in the Saxon Palace.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
October 1810month
Warsaw Lyceumattested
“In October 1810, six months after Chopin's birth, the family moved to Warsaw, where his father acquired a post teaching French at the Warsaw Lyceum, then housed in the Saxon Palace.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
October 1810month
Saxon Palaceattested
“In October 1810, six months after Chopin's birth, the family moved to Warsaw, where his father acquired a post teaching French at the Warsaw Lyceum, then housed in the Saxon Palace.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1824 to 1828period
Warsawattested
“From 1824 until 1828, Chopin spent his vacations away from Warsaw, at a number of locations.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1827 to 1830period
Warsawattested
“In 1827, soon after the death of Chopin's youngest sister Emilia, the family moved from the Warsaw University building, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace, to lodgings just across the street from the university, in the south annex of the K…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1827 to 1830period
Kazimierz Palaceattested
“In 1827, soon after the death of Chopin's youngest sister Emilia, the family moved from the Warsaw University building, adjacent to the Kazimierz Palace, to lodgings just across the street from the university, in the south annex of the K…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1829year
Berlinattested
“On an 1829 return trip to Berlin, he was a guest of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, governor of the Grand Duchy of Posenhimself an accomplished composer and aspiring cellist.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
5 October 1831exact date
Parisattested
“Chopin arrived in Paris on 5 October 1831; he would never return to Poland, thus becoming one of many expatriates of the Polish Great Emigration.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
5 October 1831exact date
Polandattested
“Chopin arrived in Paris on 5 October 1831; he would never return to Poland, thus becoming one of many expatriates of the Polish Great Emigration.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
26 February 1832exact date
Salle Pleyelattested
“You would not believe how curious I was about Herz, Liszt, Hiller, etc." Liszt was in attendance at Chopin's Parisian debut on 26 February 1832 at the Salle Pleyel, which led him to remark: "The most vigorous applause seemed not to suffi…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
26 February 1832exact date
Parisattested
“You would not believe how curious I was about Herz, Liszt, Hiller, etc." Liszt was in attendance at Chopin's Parisian debut on 26 February 1832 at the Salle Pleyel, which led him to remark: "The most vigorous applause seemed not to suffi…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1833year
Franceattested
“Chopin's music soon found success with publishers, and in 1833, he contracted with Maurice Schlesinger, who arranged for it to be published not only in France but, through his family connections, also in Germany and England.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1833year
Germanyattested
“Chopin's music soon found success with publishers, and in 1833, he contracted with Maurice Schlesinger, who arranged for it to be published not only in France but, through his family connections, also in Germany and England.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1835year
Karlovy Varyattested
“In 1835, Chopin went to Carlsbad, where he spent time with his parents; it was the last time he would see them.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
28 April 1839exact date
26 July 1840exact date
1842year
Open Quo Fuit to see these 17 presences on the globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.
Places Frédéric Chopin is documented in
Paris3 presences · 1831 to 1842Warsaw3 presences · 1810 to 1827Berlin1 presence · 1829France1 presence · 1833Germany1 presence · 1833Poland1 presence · 1831
Karlovy Vary1 presence · 1835
Kazimierz Palace1 presence · 1827
Nohant-Vic1 presence · 1839
Salle Pleyel1 presence · 1832
Saxon Palace1 presence · 1810
Square d'Orléans1 presence · 1840
Other places tied to Frédéric Chopin in the record
In each of these, a source puts Frédéric Chopin and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Frédéric Chopin was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1817year
Kazimierz Palacementioned
“In 1817, the Saxon Palace was requisitioned by Warsaw's Russian governor for military use, and the Warsaw Lyceum was reestablished in the Kazimierz Palace (today the rectorate of Warsaw University).”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1824year
Szafarnia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeshipmentioned
“In 1824 and 1825, at Szafarnia, he was a guest of Dominik Dziewanowski, the father of a schoolmate.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1826year
Warsawmentioned
“In the autumn of 1826 he began a three-year course under the Silesian composer Józef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory, studying music theory, figured bass, and composition.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
September 1828month
Berlinmentioned
“In September 1828, Chopin, while still a student, visited Berlin with a family friend, zoologist Feliks Jarocki, enjoying operas directed by Gaspare Spontini and attending concerts by Carl Friedrich Zelter, Felix Mendelssohn, and other c…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
September 1829month
Warsawmentioned
“He returned to Warsaw in September 1829, where he premiered his Piano Concerto No.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
October 1830month
Warsawmentioned
“After what would be Chopin's farewell concert in Warsaw in October 1830, which included the concerto, played by the composer, and Gładkowska singing an aria by Gioachino Rossini, the two exchanged rings, and two weeks later she wrote in…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
November 1830month
Polandmentioned
“Later that month, in Warsaw, the November 1830 Uprising broke out, and Woyciechowski returned to Poland to enlist.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
2 November 1830exact date
Italymentioned
“When he left Warsaw on 2 November 1830, Chopin had intended to go to Italy, but violent unrest there made that a dangerous destination.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
September 1831month
Viennamentioned
“Chopin, now alone in Vienna, was nostalgic for his homeland, and wrote to a friend, "I curse the moment of my departure." When in September 1831 he learned, while travelling from Vienna to Paris, that the uprising had been crushed, he ex…”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1834year
Aachenmentioned
“In the spring of 1834, Chopin attended the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Aix-la-Chapelle with Hiller, and it was there that Chopin met Felix Mendelssohn.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
1835year
Francementioned
“In France, he used the French versions of his given names, and after receiving French citizenship in 1835, he travelled on a French passport.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
July 1836month
Marienbadmentioned
“In July 1836 Chopin travelled to Marienbad and Dresden to be with the Wodziński family, and in September he proposed to Maria, whose mother Countess Wodzińska approved in principle.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
June 1837month
Londonmentioned
“In June 1837, Chopin visited London incognito in the company of the piano manufacturer Camille Pleyel, where he played at a musical soirée at the house of English piano maker James Broadwood.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
July 1838month
Parismentioned
“On his return to Paris his association with Sand began in earnest, and by July 1838 they had become lovers.”
source: Wikipedia: Frédéric Chopin
3 December 1838exact date
24 April 1839exact date
26 April 1841exact date
26 April 1841exact date
7 June 1842exact date
1848year
October 1848month
16 November 1848exact date
16 November 1848exact date
June 1849month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Friedrich KalkbrennerParis · 1831Józef BemParis · 1831Fromental HalévyCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840George SandNohant · 1839Alexandre Colonna-WalewskiWarsaw · 1810Adolph MenzelGermany · 1833Niels Henrik AbelBerlin · 1829Ernest Augustus, King of HanoverBerlin · 1829Adrien-Marie LegendreFrance · 1833Jean-Baptiste JourdanFrance · 1833Édouard ManetParis · 1832Jean-François ChampollionParis · 1832
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sources
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
See Frédéric Chopin on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find where the two overlap.
Open Frédéric Chopin on the globe