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Pasquale 2022-09-22 07:29:45
Impromptu
"One warm word from you and I live. One brutal word and I die. It doesn't matter, for I am not afraid of death any more. I have already visited the beyond in your music. I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, that is all. But I love strongly, exclusively, steadfastly.” In the opinion...
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Ottilie 2022-09-09 16:05:11
A truer Chopin
Chopin was ill, was in poor health, and could not stand a lot of stimulation. His whole person was feminine and melancholy, and he didn't like seeing the sun or even exercising. Hugh Grant's own temperament is very in line with Chopin. Compared with the high-level image of the revolutionary...
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[Their first meeting, after she sneaks in while he's playing the piano]
George Sand: Oh, don't stop! Monsieur Chopin, you are in the middle of a miracle! - I'm not quite yet cured.
Frederic Chopin: How did you get in here? Who are you?
George Sand: I am your slave, and you have summoned me with your music.
Frederic Chopin: Oh, yes. I think I know who you are: I have heard you described. Madame Sand, rumor has it you are a woman, and so I must ask you to leave my private chambers.
George Sand: Have I offended your modesty? I apologize. Only play me one more piece and I'll go.
Frederic Chopin: No! This is ridiculously improper. And frightening, as well.
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[after Chopin's coughing fit]
Eugene Delacroix: He has trouble with his lungs. It's the misery of his life.
Duchess D'Antan: Well, he should be bled. We have an excellent physician. He's developed a very special variety of leeches - quite painless, and they leave very little mark.
Franz Liszt: Better yet, send in George to Monsieur Chopin: she leaves no mark at all.
