Emilia Chopin
Emilia Chopin (9 November 1812 – 10 April 1827) was a younger sister of Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. As a child she showed literary and artistic talent but died at age 14, probably of tuberculosis.[1] The Polish given name Emilia, derived from the Roman feminine name Aemilia, is Polish for the English-language name "Emily".
Together with her brother Fryderyk in 1824, for their father's nameday, she authored a one-act rhymed comedy, Omyłka, czyli mniemany filut (The Error, or the Seeming Slyboots).[2]
Shortly before her death, Emilia helped her sister Ludwika translate and adapt a German novel by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, published in Polish in 1828 as Ludwik i Emilka (Louis and Emily).[1]
Emilia's early death may have had some influence on Chopin's music.[2]
References
- ^ a b Piotr Mysłakowski, Andrzej Sikorski. Emila Chopin, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ a b Emilia Chopin (1812–1827), Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
Further reading
- André Clavier, Emilia Chopin. Questions critiques suivies d'une édition complète de témoignages & documents, Lens 1975.
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