Frederick Chopin in Nohant (1839-1846)

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in 1839, Chopin begins spending the summers in Nohant with George Sand. The only exception is 1840 when he spend the whole year in Paris. In the summer of 1841, Chopin again travels to Nohant where he writes opp. 43-49 and the Polonaises, op. 40. The next summer he writes opp. 51-54 and the summer after he completes the Nocturne in F flat major, op. 55, and Mazurkas, op. 56. In the summer of 1844 Chopin again travels to Nohan where he writes the Sonata in B minor. The summer of 1846 is his last visit to Nohant. That summer he wrote Nocturnes, op. 62, Mazurkas, op. 63, and begins work on the G minor Sonata. George Sand begins to dislike Chopin. In one of her novels, Lucretia Floriani, the negative hero is very similar to Chopin.

Adapted from the Official Chopin Website