Chopin's Funeral

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Lacrymosa dies illa, "what weeping on that day" -- First meetings -- A genius in the family -- The education of an exile -- The capital of desire -- Preludes to paradise -- Homecoming -- Labors of love -- Earthquakes and harvests -- Children of paradise -- Deaths foretold -- Forty pounds of jam -- A victim of time -- Lucrezia Floriani -- Winter journeys -- Expulsion from paradise -- "The abyss called London" -- Recordare -- Appendix: Chopin's photograph.;A portrait of the great composer examines his final years, his legendary affair with novelist George Sand, his life as an artist in exile, and his decline and destitute final days. Lacrymosa dies illa, "what weeping on that day" -- First meetings -- A genius in the family -- The education of an exile -- The capital of desire -- Preludes to paradise -- Homecoming -- Labors of love -- Earthquakes and harvests -- Children of paradise -- Deaths foretold -- Forty pounds of jam -- A victim of time -- Lucrezia Floriani -- Winter journeys -- Expulsion from paradise -- "The abyss called London" -- Recordare -- Appendix: Chopin's photograph.