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The 28 pages that link to Frédéric Chopin, each with the reason it gives.

• Johann Sebastian BachRelated: Chopin used The Well-Tempered Clavier as a model and teaching resource.

• Franz LisztCompared with: Chopin and Liszt were celebrated pianist-composers, but pursued markedly different musical styles.

• Piano techniqueRelated: His teaching and compositions emphasized expressive tone, supple movement, and individualized fingering.

• Robert SchumannRelated: Schumann admired Chopin and introduced his music to German readers through criticism.

• ConcertoRelated: His piano concertos foreground lyrical keyboard writing within the orchestral form.

• Eugène DelacroixRelated: Delacroix’s unfinished double portrait of Chopin and George Sand links his painting to Romantic music.

• WaltzRelated: His concert waltzes transformed dance rhythms into expressive piano music.

• Tempo rubatoRelated: His performances and music became closely associated with flexible melodic timing.

• Felix MendelssohnCompared with: Chopin’s intimate, piano-centered output contrasts with Mendelssohn’s wide range of genres and institutions.

• Polish diasporaRelated: His music carried Polish themes into European cultural life during his exile.

• George SandRelated: Their partnership brought Sand into close contact with one of Europe’s leading composers.

• National romanticismRelated: His music transformed Polish dance idioms into concert works associated with national culture.

• The Well-Tempered ClavierRelated: Chopin used Bach’s preludes and fugues as models for daily study.

• Great EmigrationRelated: His music carried Polish themes into European cultural life from exile.

• Piano pedagogyRelated: His teaching and études connect keyboard technique with expressive phrasing and sound.

• Beethoven piano sonatasRelated: Chopin inherited a sonata tradition whose expressive and formal possibilities Beethoven had enlarged.

• Juliusz SłowackiRelated: Chopin and Słowacki became emblematic figures of Polish culture in nineteenth-century exile.

• International Chopin Piano CompetitionRelated: His compositions define the competition’s repertoire and artistic focus.

• Arthur RubinsteinRelated: Rubinstein became especially renowned for interpreting Chopin’s music.

• Karol SzymanowskiCompared with: Chopin provides an earlier benchmark for Szymanowski’s reinvention of Polish musical identity.

• Alexander ScriabinRelated: Scriabin's early piano writing reflects a strong engagement with Chopin's style and forms.

• Alfred CortotRelated: Cortot became especially celebrated for performing and teaching Chopin’s music.

• Johann Nepomuk HummelCompared with: Chopin’s generation inherited a virtuoso tradition that Hummel had helped establish.

• Karol LipińskiRelated: Both musicians became emblematic figures in Polish musical culture, though in different genres.

• Culture of PolandBroader topic: His mazurkas and polonaises transformed national dance rhythms into concert music.

• Cyprian NorwidRelated: Norwid’s poem about Chopin’s piano makes the composer a figure for Polish art and memory.

• Grigory SokolovRelated: Chopin’s music features in Sokolov’s recital repertoire.

• Music of PolandBroader topic: His music transformed Polish dances and patriotic themes into internationally influential concert works.