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Frédéric François Chopin nacque l'1 marzo 1810 (la data del 22 febbraio - benché indicata nell'atto ufficiale - è considerata meno probabile) a Żelazowa Wola, vicino a Varsavia e morì il 17 ottobre 1849 a Parigi. È considerato il più grande compositore polacco ed uno dei più grandi pianisti di tutti i tempi. Fu tra i rappresentanti principali del Romanticismo e venne chiamato il poeta del pianoforte. Tuttavia nella sua musica convergono elementi di derivazione classica: l'equilibrio tra le parti, l'estrema precisione della scrittura, la perfezione stilistica. Le origini del suo linguaggio musicale si trovano in primo luogo in alcuni...

Prior to the Dazz Band, Levert, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's chart assaults, Frederick's "Gentle (Calling Your Name)" held the distinction of being the most popular R&B/soul recording ever cut in the northeast Ohio area, reaching number 40 on the pop charts in 1985. Cleveland natives Edwin Starr, Bobby Womack, the Hesitations, and the O'Jays recorded bigger hits, but in other places. Frederick cut his recordings in a tiny, homemade studio called Time Traxx, located on 23rd and Superior in the downtown Cleveland area. Frederick Millard Davis was born on April 7, 1957, in Cleveland, OH; he's the fifth of eight siblings,...

Frederica von Stade (June 1, 1945), is an American mezzo-soprano. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, Miss von Stade attended the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri te Kanawa as the Countess. Trained in the bel canto style, von Stade is known for her roles in Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola...