He was known as the virtuoso pianist and composer and the busiest musician during the romantic era.

He developed a problem with his hands, effectively ending his dreams as a pianist.

The compositions in this period are more passionate and expressive.

He started playing mandolin at the age of 5.

He was considered as a composer who creates elegant music, neat, clean, polished and never excessive.

A verse form usually consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten lines each along with a brief envoy, with all three stanzas and the envoy ending in the same one-line refrain.

• ETUDE

• BALLADE

• MAZURKA

• NOCTURNE

An instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especially one for the piano.

• ETUDE

• BALLADE

• MAZURKA

• NOCTURNE

A piece composed for the development of a specific point of technique.

• ETUDE

• BALLADE

• MAZURKA

• NOCTURNE

A Polish dance resembling the polka, frequently adopted as a ballet form usually in triple time signature.

• ETUDE

• BALLADE

• MAZURKA

• NOCTURNE

An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one.

• POLONAISE

• PRELUDE

• WALTZ

• IMPROMTU