Sacred Hearts Academy - Audion Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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temperament hrs arrstocracx and rehnement, hrs real need of comforts and luxcurres, and strmulatrng contacts One mrght drscern rn rt, too, the effects of hrs exrdent lack of phxsrcal hardrness subyectron to moods and hts of depressron Yet, he xx 'rs not the melancholx dreamer manx parnt hrm H xxas a brrllr'rnt conxervrtronalrst, and rn short the personrfrcrtron or art and drstrnctron Ancestry and enxrronment xxere rn a grert measure responsrble for these domrnant trarts of hrs complex nature All that xx'rs lrxelx and sprrrted rn hrm xxas the herrtage of hr French father xxhrle rn all that xx as passronate rnd frerx he resembled the Poles from xxhom he descended bx hrs mother 'Not endoxxed xxrth robust health he grexx xxerker through the xears of concert tourrng Berlroz sard contemptuously of Choprn, He xxas dyrng all hrs lrfe rlhrs, of course, xx 'rs '1 great excaggeratron A stay xxrth George Sand Qlklme Dudevantj and her chrldren on lllayorca xxas unsuccessful, so far as physrcal benefit was concerned, but rt sux the composrtron of the numerous preludes, consrdered bx m'rnx to be hrs most dramatrc xxorks The next fexv xears passed unexentfullx 'Ihe xxrnters xxere spent rn rlres Unlrke many of the great masters, he loved teachrng, xxhrch became hrs prrncrple source of rexenue After 1844 hrs health farled steadrlx 'Ihat year brought txxo heaxy bloxxs the death of hrs father, and of hrs dearest frrend Adolphe lNourrrt A deep gloom settled upon hrs soul He trred to forget rt by xx orkrng rnten srvelx The enthusrfrsm xxrth xxhrch hrs last concert xxas recerxed hred hs ambrtron once more, but he had groxxn notrceably xxeaker, 'rnd on hrs return from a trrp to London, he realrzed, as drd hrs frrends that the end xxas not far drstant He dred rn 1849 of lung drsease Hrs body xxas burred rn France, but hrs heart xxas sent back to Poland xx here rt rs preserxed The vxorks of thrs brrllrant composer stand rn a sphere of therr oxxn baxs Doxx nes rn the Lure of Xlusrc He seems to stand 1 lrttle aloof from hrs brethren as mrght a faxored berng from another xxorld Remarkable orrgrnalrty poetrc style, strrrrng energy tempered bx a decrded grace, have placed Choprn rn a unrque posrtron Hrs musrc carrres a deep emotronal meanrng and, rn thrs respect partrcularlx stands hrgh aboxe that of other masters rt captrxates the lrstener at first hearrng and nexer loses rts charm Truly Choprn rs one of the most mxsterrous and poetrc appearances rn the hrstorx of art ln hrs composrtrons exen rn hrs sxxeetest melodres, nothrng rs effemrnate all are stamped bx a xrrrlrty vxhrch rs a pure reflex: of hrs passronate soul VVe partake rn hrs patrrotrc feelrngs xx hen xxe lrsten to hrs Polonarses pathetrc expressron of a natronal lore xxhere deeplx pulsates the 1 5 S Y ily sx ? S U lil I1 HI' KRTS ALIJION 0 l ! ! ! I 4 L, . . ' ' - . ' . U . '. ' 5 ' 3 . e i - u . . v U ' ! . . . ! Parrs where Choprn was rn great demand as a teacher rn the foremost fam- V- . . K . , .. ! , , ' Y V y - xr jvvxnrr N N Q I ' ' ' ! 0:4

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Y WWW f S fjnlllhxk 4 y In n o Frederzc Cbopzn 'I often seems that art delights to come forth from some obscure place almost un noyyn to thc husy crowd -X genius rs rn the case of Lhoprn hncs new artrstrc yeins and lcts them shine out rn all their y trrous shadrngs upon the artistic world Small and insignificant yyas the little Polish toyyn of Zelazoyyr VVol'1 which yy rs the hrrthplace of lrederrclc Lhoprn the grcrt musical composer Soon after the birth of Frederic, Nlarch 1 1309 the family moyed to lVZlfb1NX, yyhere in comprny yyrth three chrrrning sisters the boy spent a yery happy childhood As the children had unusual literary inclinations, while at play they would compose short dramas, which yyere enacted on special occasions Frederic showed such 1 tilent for acting and mrmlcry that many of hrs frrends expected hrm to become a renowned actor During these yerrs this delicate rnd extremely sensrtrye child deyeloped most paradoxical personality at one time gay and sprrghtly at another dreamy and whxmsrcal Chopin manifested hrs great musical talent yery early, though at first music affected hrm rn such 1 w ay r to grye the impression that he h rd an ayersron to rt Howeyer, rt soon became eyrdent th rt he yy as passionately r t p c y n rc mu rr com or ru crrcrrrn old Before he knew how to w rite out hrs rderrs the lrttle musician composed, so hrs professor took down hrs rmproyrsatrons for hrm Hrs fifteenth year yy s nemorrhle for the vuhlrcrtron if r irst yrrno comwosrrron r Ron o rn C mrnor Choprns desire to trayel and see something of the world w as gratified in later years when he made concert tours He appeared publicly in Y renna, arsaw arrs unrci on on y s c thusiasm ln 1635 he yyrthdreyy temporarily from the concert plrtform after a recital at the Opera des Italrens This was due to hrs failure to rm press the audience, because of hrs physical rnabrlrty to fill so lirge 1 hall All the exquisite shading and detuls so characteristic of thc 'rrtrst s style yy erc lost During the following years Lhopin often appeared rn the salons of the aristocracy and of hrs own friends His populmty as well r hrs craymg for the society of the brrllirnt led hrm rnto these select crrcles At this time society lcnew hrm rs '1 rlther short hut tltotcther distinguished loolcrng, gentle man, fashronably attired rn the prcyrrlrng mode tl ey sryy tn exquisitely fashioned face with refined sensrtrye fc rtures, they stw rn artrst yy hose spark ling personality made hrm the center of an admiring company Hrs appearance was truly a lcey to llls ch tr rcter, rt bespoke hrs artistic Q ! ! Q I c Sl 4 2 5 g . . U ! : k ' - .V . r ., 1. 1 , l. ' y it 'Q ', , ' J' E , . ' ' , '. ., ' . . ' . N . . Q . . . . wi Y 4 . . Y U . 'z ., ' ' .' 9 V' ', -z II . . . , .Q 5 ' ' I Y ' . . . v . ' v ' X h . v Q . 'nf 5. Q : ' Q ' z z ' N' r , V . Y . . . . . . 1 . . a 2 . . . : . . 1 . is - ,, ' . . 1 . . . . . ! fonl o' the iano. 'l'h- farrnilr, hr-i gg ff' -l :incl 'r ' f tall- ' - : g ' 's musical education when he was about seven y'ears s 'ay r 1 1 'z r hs Y I z ' g J , z rl I . . i . Q . , . . . : XV. 3. ', P. KI l, I. d . and va: alyvzryt received with en- ! . , . . ' . ' ' . g - Q r . s . U . ,, . . . . . u - ' N - ! I . V. . . . ' .Q 1. Q i. . .E . ! . ' I' ' ' :Q . 2 Q z . f' ' Q V 5 ' 7 - ! . ' y' ' ' 1 5 rv' ga ' z .' 1' ! . Y. - .li H iv 4: ,Z .Q x S ,Q - 'lllill lllf NTS Al' IUN

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