Maria Wodzińska
Maria Wodzińska (born January 7, 1819 in Żelazowa Wola , † December 7, 1896 in Florence ) was Frédéric Chopin's fiancée .
Life
The niece of the Polish envoy Maciej Wodziński had known the composer Chopin for a long time, but had temporarily lost sight of him.
Due to the unrest caused by the uprising in Poland in the 1830s, the Wodziński family first moved to Dresden . Chopin, who visited her there, fell in love with Maria, then 16 years old.
A secret engagement took place in Marienbad in 1836, despite her uncle's protest. Maria's mother insisted that it should not be made public until the summer of the following year. At that time Chopin dedicated the waltz in A flat major op. 69 No. 1 ( farewell waltz) to Maria as well as a sheet with the beginning of the Nocturnes in E flat major (op. 9 No. 2).
In 1837 the Wodziński family unexpectedly returned to Poland without telling Chopin. The engagement was broken without further explanation. The fact that Chopin was betrothed to Maria only became known to posterity through documents that were found in Chopin's estate: In an envelope were the certificates of the love affair, he himself had noted on the envelope: Moja bieda (my suffering) .
literature
- Frédéric Chopin: Maria. une idylle d'amour en musique; Chopin à Maria Wodzińska. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1911
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wodzińska, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish fiancee Frédéric Chopin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Żelazowa Wola |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1896 |
| Place of death | Florence |