non-poles

Updated: April 30, 2025

That his friendship with Fontana was of a less intimate character becomes at once apparent on comparing Chopin's letters to him with those he wrote to the three other Polish friends. Of all his connections with non-Poles there seems to be only one which really deserves the name of friendship, and that is his connection with Franchomme. Even here, however, he gave much less than he received.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2