Crossword clues for chopin
chopin
- Barman: c-climb aboard
- Polonaise composer
- Composer of 55 mazurkas
- ''Minute Waltz'' composer
- Polish composer of polonaises
- Noted composer of études
- Most of his works were for solo piano
- George Sand's lover
- Frédéric who composed the "Revolutionary" Étude
- Composer of many polonaises
- Composer of 16 polonaises
- Composer Frederic
- "Revolutionary Étude" composer
- "Raindrop" prelude composer
- "Minute Waltz" man
- 'Minute Waltz' composer
- "Sonata in B minor" composer
- Penner of polonaises
- Composer who had a long relationship with George Sand
- Noted polonaise composer
- "Fantaisie" composer
- Eponym of Warsaw's airport
- The music of Chopin
- French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
- "Poet of the piano"
- Composer-pianist
- See 19 Across
- Sand man?
- Cut popular 1D
- Polish composer, d. 1849
- Polish composer and pianist, d. 1849
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chopine \Cho*pine"\, n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.]
Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you
last, by the altitude of a chopine.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
Wikipedia
Chopin – name of single-ingredient vodka, 4 times distilled from either potatoes, rye or wheat. It is produced by Siedlce-based Podlaska Wytwórnia Wódek Polmos. Chopin was first introduced to North America in 1997. The production is done in small batches. Seven pounds of potatoes are used to make every bottle of Chopin.
The vodka is named after the famous Polish Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin.
Chopin potato vodka has been submitted to a number of international spirit ratings for evaluation, including the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Wine Enthusiast, and the Beverage Testing Institute. Outcomes have generally been favorable, particularly in the latest years. For instance, between 2006 and 2011, Chopin potato vodka earned one double gold, three gold, and two silver medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Proof66's aggregate rating, which incorporates these scores and others, puts the spirit in the Top 90th percentile among all rated vodkas.
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) was a Polish composer and pianist.
Chopin may also refer to:
- Chopin (surname), a list of people with the surname
The chopin was a Scottish measurement of volume, usually for fluids, that was in use from at least 1661, though possibly 15th century, until the mid 19th century. The measurement was derived from the French measure chopine an old and widespread unit of liquid capacity, first recorded in the 13th century. A chopin is equivalent to 0.848 litres.
- 1 chopin is 8 gills
- 1 chopin is 2 mutchkins
- 2 chopins is the equivalent of 1 (Scots) pint (or joug)
- 16 chopins is the equivalent of 1 (Scots) gallon
Chopin is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 129 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Chopin is named for the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin (lived 1810–49).
Chopin is a French surname. The name is believed to be derived from the Old French word "chopine", an old (large) liquid measure approximately equal to an English "quart" or in Scotland a half-pint. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Chopin (1846–1902), convict transported to Western Australia
- Erik Chopin (born 1970), winner of The Biggest Loser (season 3) in 2006
- Félix Chopin (1813-1892), French bronze designer, active in Russia.
- Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composer and pianist
- Henri Chopin (1922–2008), avant-garde composer
- Jean-Marie Chopin (1796–1871), French-Russian explorer of the Caucasus
- Kate Chopin (1850–1904), American author
- Nicolas Chopin (1771–1844), teacher of French language, father of Frédéric Chopin
- William Chopin (1827–1900), convict transported to Western Australia
Chopin is a four-act opera by Giacomo Orefice (1865–1922) to a libretto by Angiolo Orvieto, premiered in Milan in 1901.
The opera, which is "a wildly inaccurate account" of the life of Frédéric Chopin, is based entirely on his music, orchestrated by Orefice. The vocal score indicates the sources of the music, which include Chopin's sonatas, polonaises, mazurkas and nocturnes.
Usage examples of "chopin".
But then Heini found out that the professor was wrong about the way to finger the Appassionata, so then he thought maybe he was wrong about Chopin too.
I had looked down on a bigger crowd when I played Chopin at the Barberton concert, but a boxing crowd is different, much more raw or something.
But, of course, this was a chapel, and the Musicians wanted to make it something special He spat on Chopin again, stalked to the rear of the room where the door to the corridor lay.
In several of the first Chopin compositions he had learned to play, the left-hand part was far more demanding than the right-hand part.
She never got pissed off by the callers, which spoke of incredible fortitude, and had a happy knack of calming them down, no matter how irate they were when they finally got past the Chopin prelude that we tortured them with while they were on HOLD.
Masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rossini, and the youthful Schumann lent him inspiration when his own wellspring of melody went temporarily dry and sent him off on new tangents of creation.
I sat out on the deck and read books from her shelves, Kate Chopin, Jane Bowles, and the poetry of Gary Snyder.
A brilliant stunning pianist, Chopin said he was, so did Liszt, so did Berlioz, that's the performer we'll never hear, but the composer?
He heard the horse ' s hoofs ringing on the surface of the poem, as you hear the ambling of a horse in one of Chopin ' s ballades.
The pianist Felsner-Imbs, whose dog bite was healing, poured out Chopin.
Cadets bearing a star of red roses and a cushion covered with medals were followed by a porter pushing a handcart and coffin, then a dozen shuffling generals in dark-green dress uniforms and white gloves, two musicians with trumpets and two with dented tubas playing a funeral march from a sonata by Chopin.
This called for Chopin, Chopin in a minor key, those poignant ripples and glissandi so full of what she had seen in her son’s eyes.
By making Robert, the initial object of Edna's extra-marital interest, a very young unworthy man, Chopin doesn't let the reader succumb to the fantasy of romantic love.
On five or so long tables set up in the back of the Los Angeles Marriott LAX meeting room were hundreds of recordings of Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others, and dozens of pro-nuclear power publications.
Mike also has a degree in Piano and enjoys playing Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Chopin, and ragtime, and listening to Requiems, Sacred Masses for the Dead.