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Salon Frédéric Chopin
The Salon Frédéric Chopin () is a small museum dedicated to Frédéric Chopin. It is located within the Polish Library in Paris—Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris—in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris, France. Guided visits are available Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings by prior appointment; an admission fee is charged. The museum contains a number of Chopin's mementos, including his death mask and a casting of his left hand by Auguste Clésinger, several paintings, numerous portraits, autographs, first editions, and his favorite chair. The museum occupies one room in the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris, which also houses the Musée Adam Mickiewicz and the Musée Boleslas Biegas. See also * List of museums in Paris * List of music museums References Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris * ''Paris Visites'', Petit Futé, 2007, page 27. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Salon Frederic Chopin Museums in Paris Buildings and structures in the 4th arrondiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation". Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his early works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at age 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November Uprising, November 1830 Uprising; at 21, he settled in Paris. Thereafter he gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the Salon (gathering), salon. He supported himself, selling his compositions and giving piano lessons, for which he was in high demand. Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Library In Paris
The Polish Library in Paris (, ) is a Polish cultural centre of national importance and is closely associated both with the historic Great Emigration of the Polish élite to Paris in the 19th-century and the formation in 1832 of the Literary Society (''Towarzystwo Literackie''), later the Historical and Literary Society. The Library was founded in 1838 by Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Karol Sienkiewicz, and others. Its first task was to safeguard all surviving books, documents, archives, and treasures of national importance to Poland. It has become a historical and documentary resource open for use by Poles and other researchers and visitors. The Library houses three museums related to significant Polish artists: the Salon Frédéric Chopin, the Adam Mickiewicz Museum, and the Bolesław Biegas Art collection. UNESCO's Memory of the World Register rates it an institution unique of its kind. History The prime instigator for the creation of the Polish Libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 4th arrondissement of Paris (''IVe arrondissement'') is one of the twenty Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''quatrième''. Along with the 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st, 2nd arrondissement of Paris, 2nd and 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd arrondissements, it is in the first sector of Paris, which maintains a single local government rather than four separate ones. The arrondissement, also known as Hôtel-de-Ville, is situated on the Rive Droite, right bank of the River Seine. It contains the Renaissance-era Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Paris City Hall, rebuilt between 1874 and 1882. It also contains the Renaissance square of Place des Vosges, the overtly modern Centre Georges Pompidou, Pompidou Centre, and the lively southern part of the medieval district of Le Marais, which today is known for being the Gay village, gay district of Paris. (The quieter northern part of Le Marais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Auguste Clésinger
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger (22 October 1814 – 5 January 1883) was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter. Life Auguste Clésinger was born in Besançon, in the Doubs department of France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of vicomte Jules de Valdahon and last exhibited there in 1864. At the 1847 Salon, he created a sensation with his '' Woman Bitten by a Serpent'', produced from life-casts from his model Apollonie Sabatier (the pose being particularly suitable for such a method), thus reinforcing the scandal with an erotic dimension. Appolonie Sabatier was a salonnière and the mistress of Charles Baudelaire and others. The sculpture's beauty was praised by Théophile Gautier: Clésinger also portrayed Sabatier as herself, in an 1847 marble sculpture now at the Musée d'Orsay. He produced busts of Rachel Félix and of Théophile Gautier, and a statue of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Adam Mickiewicz
The Adam Mickiewicz Museum (in French: Musée Adam Mickiewicz) is a small museum dedicated to Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855). It is located within the Polish Library in Paris in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orleans, Paris, France. The museum was established in 1930, and contains numerous personal effects as well as an archive including many autograph items. It occupies one room in the Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris, which also houses the Musée Boleslas Biegas and the Salon Frédéric Chopin. , Paris.org. Guided visits are available Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings by prior appointment; an admission fee is charged. See also * |
List Of Museums In Paris
There are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum. The sixteen :fr: Musées de la Ville de Paris, museums of the City of Paris are annotated with "VP", as well as six other ones also accommodated in municipal premises and the :fr:Musée de France, Musées de France (fr) listed by the ministry of culture are annotated with "MF". List Paris Grand Paris Rest of Île de France Defunct museums Paris Paris région * Château de By, Musée Rosa Bonheur, premises mostly sold by the city in 2014 * Musée d’art naïf de Vicq en Île-de-France, closed in 2014 See also * Visitor attractions in Paris, List of visitor attractions in Paris * List of museums in France {{DEFAULTSORT:Museums In Paris Museums in Paris, * Lists of museums by populated place, Paris Paris-related lists Lists of museums in France, Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Music Museums
This list of music museums offers a guide to museums worldwide that specialize in the domain of music. These institutions are dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of music-related history, including the lives and works of prominent musicians, the evolution and variety of musical instruments, and other aspects of the world of music. The list includes both existing and historical museums. This list is not exhaustive. Argentina * Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos Aires * , dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires * – La Plata * (2001–2013†) – Mina Clavero Armenia * House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to Aram Khachaturian – Yerevan * Charles Aznavour Museum, dedicated to Charles Aznavour – Yerevan Australia * National Film and Sound Archive – Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Acton, Australian Capital Territory * Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Adelaide, South Australia * National Library o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Paris
The 136 museums in the city of Paris display many historical, scientific, and archeological artifacts from around the world, covering diverse and unique topics including fashion, theater, sports, cosmetics, and the culinary arts. The first museums in Paris were established during the French Revolution as many royal properties became nationalised. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Belle Époque period, a series of new museums were born in Paris, many of which came from personal collections donated by philanthropists. In recent decades, the city continues to build new museums. The Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, opened in 2006, is the latest large museum in Paris today. Being a center of art for centuries, many works of famous artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Claude Monet, Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso, Picasso, are stored in Paris. Museums such as the Louvre, the Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou are also valued as architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
