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Frédéric Chopin

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 17, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 06:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Photograph of Frederic Chopin, 1849

Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. A child prodigy, he grew up in Warsaw, but left Poland, never to return, aged 20. He settled in Paris and in 1835 he obtained French citizenship. From 1837 he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer George Sand. A brief and unhappy visit to Majorca with her was one of his most productive periods of composition. Through most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health. He died in Paris in 1849, probably of tuberculosis. All of Chopin's compositions include the piano, amongst them mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, études, impromptus, scherzos, and preludes; many contain elements of Polish folk music. Chopin’s combination of transcendent keyboard technique and poetic genius were the foundations of his European reputation, despite giving only 30 or so recitals after he left his homeland. His music, his status as one of music's earliest "superstars", his association with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him a leading symbol of his era. (Full article...)

? I make it 207 words, 1111 characters.--Smerus (talk) 14:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I meant characters! Their instructions say we must count the spaces as well. Prhartcom (talk) 14:46, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Here then is an ALT if thought appropriate (1137 characters with spaces). --Smerus (talk) 15:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reads very well! You have my Support, not that you need it; such a vital encyclopedic article, on which you have done an excellent job. (Understand I am just another TFA editor; standing in line on this page just like you; I just wanted to help by pointing out this possible issue.) Cheers. Prhartcom (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]