- Umqambi wasePoland uFrédéric Chopin ubhale iqela langaphambi kwesandi sepiyano eyedwa, edume nge-24 Preludes, Op. 28, iseti yamaqhekeza amafutshane, inye kumaqhosha angama-24. 'I-Raindrop Prelude' yenye yazo.
- I-Op. I-Preludes yathunyelwa ngumhlobo kaChopin, umenzi wepiyano kunye nomshicileli uCamille Pleyel, i-2,000 franc. UChopin wazibhala phakathi kuka-1835 no-1839, ngokuyinxenye eValldemossa, eMajorca, apho wachitha khona ubusika bango-1838-39 nalapho wayebaleke khona nesithandwa sakhe uGeorge Sand kunye nabantwana bakhe ukuba babalekele imozulu efumileyo yaseParis. Wazinikela kuJoseph Christoph Kessler, umdlali wepiyano waseJamani kunye nomqambi, owayeneminyaka eli-10 ngaphambili, wazinikela kwiseti ye-24 Preludes, Op. 31, ukuya kwiChopin.
- I-Prelude No. 15 kwi-D-flat major, eyaziwa ngokuba yi 'Raindrop' Prelude, yeyona inde kwezingama-24. Isimo sezulu ngexesha lokuhlala kwabo eMajorca sasibonakala simanzi kakhulu kwaye kuthiwa uChopin wayeyibhale apho inqaku Uphindaphindwe kuwo wonke umsebenzi umele amathontsi emvula, yiyo loo nto isiteketiso.
- Ngomnyaka we-1836, uChopin waya kwiqela elalibanjwe ngu-Countess Marie d'Agoult, inkosikazi yomnye umqambi uFranz Liszt. Apho wadibana nombhali waseFrance ongumRoma u-Amandine Aurore uLucie Dupin, uBaroness Dudevant, owaziwa kakhulu ngegama lakhe elinguGeorge Sand. Wayengaphantsi kwe-5-inyawo ubude, enenwele ezimnyama, edume ngokunxiba ibhlukhwe, ukutshaya iicuba kunye nokuthatha igama lendoda. Iminyaka emithandathu indala kunoChopin, baqala ukuthandana; amagama emfuyo yakhe uChopin yayingu 'Fryk-Fryk' kunye 'Chip Chip.' Ubudlelwane babo buqhubeke de kwaba li-1847 xa usapho lwaxabana phakathi kweSand nabantwana bakhe kwabangela ukwahlukana kwabo.
Ngo-1838, uChopin waqala ukugula sisifo sephepha kwaye ebusika ngo-1838 -39 wathathwa nguGeorge Sand wamsa eMajorca ngenxa yempilo yakhe. Ngelishwa, imozulu yayimbi kakhulu kwaye nesifo sakhe esinganyangekiyo semiphunga sagqabhuka, ke bagxothwa kumzi woonongendi obandayo eValldemossa. UChopin uya kuthi kamva akhalaze ngokuhamba ixesha elide ukufumana ipiyano eParis kunye nobunzima bokuyinyusa inyuke iye kumzi woonongendi. Umqambi wasePoland ubonakalise uninzi lweemvakalelo zeli xesha lokuphelelwa lithemba kwii-Preludes zakhe ezingama-24. - UChopin wayenomdla kakhulu, ngakumbi ngokubonakala kwembhalo yakhe yesandla. Ngenye imini, waboleka amanqaku kumhlobo wakhe owayenxibe iiglavu ezimhlophe ukuba atyhile amaphepha awabuyise ngaphandle kwamanqaku. UChopin wavula kwaye wagcuma ngumsindo. 'Mfondini, ubutshaya xa uyifunda.'
- Kwi-movie kaJames Bond ka-1979 Umenzi wenyanga , xa iBond ityelele uSir Hugo Drax kwichateau yakhe, umchasi wakhe udlala le piece kwipiyano enkulu. Ikwasebenza nakwisandi sefilimu yaseOstreliya yowe-1996 Khanya Ngobomi bepiyano uDavid Helfgot.
