Chapter 19: Frederic Chopin (1810～1849・Died at 39) Chopin's father was a Frenchman from Lorraine, and his mother was Polish. Although his father emigrated to Poland and made it his second homeland, the country was, at that time, partitioned among Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Chopin studied under Józef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory and achieved success as both a pianist and composer; in 1830, he embarked on a concert tour to Vienna. Shortly thereafter, an independence mo