肖邦(Frederic Chopin 1810年3月1日——1849年10月17日),波兰作曲家、钢琴家。幼年随捷克音乐家W.日夫尼学习钢琴,8岁开始公演,1824年师从德国音乐家、华沙音乐学院院长J.A。F,埃尔斯纳学习音乐理论,1829年毕业于华沙音乐学院。在其早期音乐创作期间,当时正值波兰民族运动走向高潮的年代,反对外国奴役、争取独立自由的民族斗争对青年肖邦的思想产生了深刻的影响.培育了他的民族感情和爱国热忱。 Chopin (Frederic Chopin March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849), a Polish composer and pianist. In his young age, he studied piano with the Czech musician W. Lovny and began performing at the age of eight. In 1824, he studied with the German musician and dean of the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, J.A. F. Elsner studied music theory and graduated from Warsaw Conservatory in 1829. During his early music creation, when the time when the Polish national movement was culminating, the national struggle against foreign servitude and the struggle for independence and freedom had a profound influence on the young Chopin’s thoughts and nurtured his national feelings and patriotic enthusiasm.