More than half a century ago, Chopin waltzes swirled down the airshafts and through the pipes in a dull gray, five-story building at 1438-1440 W. 18th St. in Pilsen. “As kid, I’d go in there and play ...

Chopin, who wrote mostly piano solos, died aged 39 in France in 1849. A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered nearly 200 years after it was ...

The other day I heard Chopin’s Prelude in E-minor, and it reminded me of another piece of music, in another genre, separated by hundred+ years and thousands of miles. Chopin composed twenty four ...

What he wrote nearly 200 years ago is the story of our pandemic, the fears and the sadness that grip America in 2020. His music is disguised by a title that reveals nothing of its power, “Ballade No.