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Chopin: Thousands of pages of his life and work available with a click

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Tens of thousands of scores and objects belonging to Frédéric Chopin, the most famous French-Polish composer in history, have been digitised at the Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw, thanks to a European project that helps to raise awareness of the figure of the genius of Romanticism.

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Chopin: How to digitise a composer's universe?

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Chopin's legacy allows us to delve not only into the musician's life but also into that of 19th century Europe. This digital platform offers more than two hundred thousand pages dedicated to the musical production of Frédéric Chopin, his personal life and his legacy in the world.

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