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 she died on 10 April 1827, aged 14. The cause of death was probably tuberculosis.[1]
Together with her brother Fryderyk she authored a one-act rhymed comedy entitled Omyłka, czyli mniemany filut (The Error, or Presumed Joker) in 1824 for their father's nameday.[2] Shortly before her death, Emilia helped her sister Ludwika in the translation and adaptation of a German novel by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, published in Polish as Ludwik i Emilka in 1828.[1]
Emilia's early death may have had some influence on Chopin's music.[2]
See also
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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