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When Frederic went to Paris, he in turn changed the name from Szopen to Chopin, which is common in France. Chopin's father emigrated to Warsaw in 1787 enticed by the offer of a compatriot there in the tobacco business and was the traditional Frenchman of his time, well-bred, agreeable and more than usually cultivated. He joined the national guard during the Kosciuszko revolution in 1794.
His father was born August 17, 1770 the same year as Beethoven at Nancy, Lorraine. Some claim that he had Polish blood in his veins. Szulc claims that he was the natural son of a Polish nobleman, who followed King Stanislas Leszcinski to Lorraine, dropping the Szopen, or Szop, for the more Gallic Chopin.
The A flat Mazurka, No. 3, is pessimistic, threatening and irritable. Though in the key of E major the trio displays a relentless sort of humor. The return does not mend matters. A dark page! In A minor the fourth is called by Szulc the Little Jew. Szulc, who wrote anecdotes of Chopin and collected them with the title of "Fryderyk Szopen," told the story to Kleczynski.
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