Frédéric Chopin
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Historical figure.
Frédéric François Chopin (1 march 1810 - 17 october 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Sherlock Holmes mentioned Norman-Neruda, whom "attack and her bowing were splendid. What's that little thing of Chopin's she plays so magnificently. Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay." (STUD 829).
