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'''Frédéric François Chopin''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|oʊ|p|æ|n}}; {{IPA-fr|fʁe.de.ʁik ʃo.pɛ̃}}; 22 February or 1 March 1810{{spaced ndash}}17 October 1849), born '''Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin''',{{#tag:ref|In Polish, pronounced {{IPA-pl|ˈʂɔpɛn|}}, with alternative, [[phonetic]] spelling ''Szopen''.|group=n}} was a [[Poles|Polish]] composer and [[virtuoso]] pianist of the [[Romantic music|Romantic]] era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."<ref>Rosen (1995), p. 284.</ref> Chopin was born in what was then the [[Duchy of Warsaw]], and grew up in [[Warsaw]], which after 1815 became part of [[Congress Poland]]. A [[child prodigy]], he completed his musical education and composed many of his works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the [[November Uprising|November 1830 Uprising]].