Harmony and Discord: Chopin’s short stay in Valldemossa
The Arts Society’s next talk at the Hotel Artmadams was to take place on 4th February but unfortunately Michelangelo has been replaced by Chopin.
Enjoying Majorca
Majorca and the French connection
French politics and writers were to play a significant role in Majorca's 19th century development.
Enjoying Majorca
The Bonaparts of Majorca
Napoleon, as you will doubtless know, was born in Corsica - Ajaccio to be precise. But what were the origins of the Bonapartes?
Piano In Nineteenth-Century Majorca
Chopin has created a piano link with the past that today manifests itself in not one but two festivals in his honour at the Charterhouse in Valldemossa.
Chopin made a trip to Mallorca accompanied by the writer George Sand in 1838
Chopin made a trip to Mallorca accompanied by the writer George Sand in 1838. They stayed at the CELL No. 4 of the La Cartuja de Valldemossa monastery, where Chopin received his Pleyel piano from Paris.
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