Chopin showed special musical talent from an early age, not only playing the piano, but also composing music. At the age of seven, he published his first work, the Polish Dance in g minor. At the age of eight, he gave his first public performance. From then on, Chopin was often invited by the Warsaw nobility to play as a piano "prodigy" and became a favorite in the aristocratic salons. 1825, the Russian Tsar Alexander I, who came to Warsaw to participate in the Polish Parliament, also attended one of Chopin's recitals and gave Chopin a diamond ring. These experiences of Chopin's childhood and adolescence contrasted sharply with what happened to him thereafter.
As a teenager, Chopin was also exposed to the folk music of Polish towns and villages, as well as the progressive ideas of many Polish patriots. from 1826 onwards, Chopin formally became a student at the Conservatory of Music, where he socialized with a number of teachers and students who were progressive in their thinking. During these years, Chopin often went on vacation to the countryside. He admired the natural beauty of his homeland, listened to peasants singing and playing music, and attended country dances and weddings. The culture of the motherland, the music of the national folk, was sown like a seed in Xiao Zheng's heart.
Poland at the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century, is a disaster-prone country, but also a singable nation. 1772, 1793, 1795, Russia, Prussia, Austria, the three powerful countries of the weak Poland carried out three times partition. They partitioned Poland's territory, enslaved the Polish people, and tried to kill the Polish people's national consciousness so that they could rule for a long time. But, as a Polish patriotic song says: "Poland will not perish!" The Polish people have always maintained an indomitable patriotic struggle. The progressive, national Romantic literature of the first half of the nineteenth century contributed greatly to this struggle. At that time, a number of patriotic thinkers and literary artists emerged in Poland. They advocated that literature and art should have a distinctive national identity, a love of people and freedom, and a rich emotional color. These ideas had a profound influence on Chopin. Chopin's friend, the Polish poet Witwicki, wrote in a letter to Chopin: "You only have to remember often that national, national, and finally national ...... Just as Poland has the nature of the motherland, so also the melodies of the motherland. The mountains, the forests, the rivers, the meadows all have their own inner, homeland sound, though not every heart can hear it." He repeatedly instructed Chopin to work "for the people, through the people!" Chopin's teacher, Elsner, also told Chopin, "You are a genius, write for the people, write for the people, write for the people, write for the people." All this had a profound influence on Chopin's later intellectual development.
In 1830, the July Revolution broke out in France. It not only struck down the feudal rule of the reactionary "Holy Alliance" in Europe, but also gave impetus to the revolutions in various European countries. At this time, the patriotic forces in Poland were revitalized, and the secret patriotic organizations were also active. In spite of the arrests and suppression by the reactionary authorities, new uprisings were brewing. It was in such a volatile situation that Chopin's relatives, teachers and friends urged Chopin to go abroad to further his education and to gain honor for his country through his musical compositions and performances. For this reason, Chopin was in the midst of a fierce ideological struggle, patriotism made him want to stay; careerism made him want to leave. He wrote: "I am still here and I cannot decide on the day of my departure. I feel that if I leave Warsaw I shall never return to my native land. I am convinced that I am going to say goodbye to my homeland forever. Ah, how sad it is to die where one was not born!" The pain of parting, the foreboding of an eternal farewell tormented him, but the encouragement, instructions and expectations of his friends and relatives encouraged him and made him realize that it was his duty to go abroad and sing the praises of his country and his own people with his art, and for this reason he was thrilled again. He wrote: "I am willing to sing everything that is inspired by angry, spirited emotions, so that my work (at least part of it) can serve as a tribute to John (referring to the seventeenth-century Polish siege-king John III Sobieski. He had defeated the Turkish invaders, regained his country's frontiers, and expelled the Turks from Vienna and Hungary, and made a name for himself in Europe.) The war songs sung by the troops of the The war songs are extinct, but their echoes will still ripple across the Danube."
On November 2, 1830, at the age of 20, Chopin said goodbye to his relatives and left the capital, Warsaw, in a horse-drawn carriage. On the outskirts of the city, Chopin received from his friends a silver cup full of clay from his homeland, which symbolized that his homeland would always be with him in a foreign land. More Chopin is touched, when friends and relatives to the outskirts of Warsaw - Chopin's birthplace Wolya, his teacher Elsner and Warsaw Conservatory of Music, some of his classmates, has waited there, and sang Elsner specially for the farewell Chopin wrote a choral piece & lt; & lt; even if you are far away in another country & gt; & gt ;:
"Your talent grows from our land, may it flourish fully everywhere, ...... Show the glory of your homeland through the sound of your musical art, through our mazubek, krakowiak (Polish folk dances)."
Such a farewell scene, such exciting words and phrases, so that Chopin had mixed feelings, and could not help but lose his voice when boarding the journey.