It features an innovative electronic information system, and the collection includes rare items like Chopin's last piano and his passport.

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It's really the difference between perseverance in my case, and genius-- pure, unadulterated genius-- in the case of Chopin.

这真是差距,勤奋的普通人,比如我,和天才,浑然天成的天才,比如肖邦,之间的差距

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How long did it take old Chopin to think that up do you suppose? Two seconds?

老肖邦花了多长时间去构思这段曲子,你觉得呢,两秒钟吗

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He says that even during Chopin's lifetime, he was the best ambassador of Polish culture, and remains so to this day.

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Then Chopin is sitting here and he modulates; he changes key. What about this?

然后肖邦这里徘徊了一下然后转调,他变调了,这个呢

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This year marks the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, and the Polish parliament has declared 2010 to be the official Year of Chopin.

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Please choose a rhythm for excerpt one you can choose rhythm A which is or you could choose rhythm B So I'm about to play a piece. It's by Chopin.

请选一个和你听到的相符的节奏,你可以选节奏甲,也可以选节奏乙,我现在要弹一段,肖邦的曲子

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During a visit to Chopin's birthplace, she says that for music lovers like herself, it is impossible to forget that Chopin's heart is here.

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Lovely. Wasn't it lovely, a little thing by Chopin?

很美,多么动听,这段肖邦的小品

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The Chopin family later moved to Warsaw, where Chopin became known as a child prodigy.

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We got used to hearing it that way, so it's kind of-- every time, you know, Schumann wants to write about the merry farmer-- But every time Chopin wants to write a funeral march-- And there's a tendency also-- minor low, major high, kind of thing.

我们早已习惯听到这种模式,因此它算...,要知道,每次,舒曼想写关于快乐的农夫的曲子,而肖邦总要写葬礼进行曲,还有一种趋向,小调低沉,大调高昂之类的

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Chopin was born in Aelazowa Wola, a tiny village about 50 kilometers west of Warsaw.

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Chopin spent years pining for Poland, and never entirely mastered the French language.

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People often assume that Chopin was French - he spent half his life in France and is buried there in the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

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But for many Poles, Chopin is the embodiment of their nation's spirit.

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Former Minister of Culture Waldemar Dabrowski is adamant about Chopin's legacy.

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On the advice of a friend, Chopin settled in France.

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On March 1,Warsaw unveiled a new, state-of-the-art Chopin museum.

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