Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars….Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit….I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.
frédéric chopin

On This Day
February 16, 1848 – Eighteen months before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 39, Frédéric Chopin gave his final public performance in his adopted city of Paris. After fleeing his native Poland amid the political unrest of the 1830s, he spent the rest of his life amid the high society of France.