<a href="http://www.shilohworshipmusic.com/ShilohWorshipMusic/Media/Nocturne%20in%20Gm%20-%20Chopin%20%20Op.15%20,%20no.mp3"><img src="http://www.shilohworshipmusic.com/ShilohWorshipMusic/Classical_Music_Free/Media/droppedImage_8.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:157px; height:157px;"/></a>Our version of Nocturne in Gm - Chopin Op.15 , no.3 <br/><br/>The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The work was published in January 1834, and was dedicated to Ferdinand Hiller.[1] The third nocturne of the set, in G minor, is one of Chopin's most famous. Its playability has made it a favourite amongst students and masters alike.<br/>Frédéric Chopin <br/><br/>Frédéric François Chopin ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English">/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key">ˈʃoʊpæn</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English">/</a>; French pronunciation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_French">[fʁe.de.ʁik ʃɔ.pɛ̃]</a>; Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, also phonetically Szopen;[1] 22 February or 1 March 1810[2] – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuoso">virtuoso</a> pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music">Romantic music</a>.[3] Chopin was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBelazowa_Wola">Żelazowa Wola</a>, a village in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Warsaw">Duchy of Warsaw</a>. A renowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy">child-prodigy</a> pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw">Warsaw</a> and completed his music <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education">education</a> there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20, shortly before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Uprising">November 1830 Uprising</a>.<br/>Following the Russian suppression of the Uprising, he settled in Paris as part of Poland's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Emigration">Great Emigration</a>. During the remaining 19 years of his life, Chopin gave only some 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon; he supported himself by sales of his compositions and as a piano teacher. After some romantic dalliances with Polish women, including an abortive engagement, from 1837 to 1847 he carried on a relationship with the French writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand">Amantine Dupin</a>. For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at age 39.<br/>The vast majority of Chopin's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin">works</a> are for solo piano, though he also wrote two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_concertos">piano concertos</a>, a few <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music">chamber pieces</a> and some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_songs_(Chopin)">songs to Polish texts</a>. His piano works are often technically demanding, with an emphasis on nuance and expressive depth. Chopin invented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballade_(music)#Instrumental_ballades">instrumental ballade</a> and made major innovations to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_sonata">piano sonata</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazurka">mazurka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz">waltz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne">nocturne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise">polonaise</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tude">étude</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impromptu">impromptu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherzo">scherzo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_(music)">prélude</a>. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br/>© 2012 Shiloh Worship Music COPY FREELY;This Music is copyrighted to prevent misuse,<br/> however,permission is granted for non-commercial copying-Radio play permitted.<br/>www.shilohworshipmusic.com<br/>
