This man supplemented his income by teaching the piano, inventing a method that emphasized the freedom to flex the wrist and arm. His second piano sonata contains a passage known as his "Funeral March," and he created his Fantaisie-Impromptu three years after settling in Paris. He commented on the politics of his native country with the "Revolutionary Etude." For 10 points
This man supplemented his income by teaching the piano, inventing a method that emphasized the freedom to flex the wrist and arm. His second piano sonata contains a passage known as his "Funeral March," and he created his Fantaisie-Impromptu three years after settling in Paris. He commented on the politics of his native country with the "Revolutionary Etude." For 10 points, name this composer of a piece designed to be "small" rather than performed in a short amount of time, the "Minute Waltz," whose mazurkas and polonaises honored his Polish homeland.
This man supplemented his income by teaching the piano, inventing a method that emphasized the freedom to flex the wrist and arm.
Frederic Francois Chopin [or Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen]