It was a difficult composer tastes. Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann were not among his favorites. Was severe with himself and others, published only works considered worthy. He despised the shallow and deep music, of which there were many examples. It had hidden traces of undeclared thoughts.
Chopin did not reveal the source of his inspiration, which was unique, with no parents or children. Chopin is great to the extent that betrays the classic form with absolutely personal solutions To him belong the most beautiful sounds that can be obtained from the piano. Besides the originality of the invention, the accompaniments that support the melodic line, generous writing the left hand is a miracle. Chopin was never happy, destroyed the pens and pencils. He dreamed of the perfect edition of his music. (Valerio Cappelli) possibly the most famous critic of music history was authored by Robert Schumann and Chopin as object. Was published in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung on December 7 1831.
"Gentlemen, get out the hat: a genius," read the first paragraph. Schumann built there a little scene: the speaker is Eusebius, one of the heteronymous the composer, before touching the opus 2 Chopin: Variations on La ci darem hand. The novelty of the encounter between these two men born in the same year was twofold. A new musical object demanded a new partner writing: this article, the first of hundreds who signed Schumann, was also the birth of modern music critic Robert Schumann, writes about Ela, Chopin, a introduced the spirit of Beethoven in the concert hall, "he writes in the commentary of the piano concertos.