And Berlioz: "As interpreter and composer, Chopin is an artist apart, bearing no resemblance to any other musician I know." And Liszt: "Such a poetic temperament as Chopin's never existed, nor have I ...

Audiences admired his cantabile (singing) touch. Where Liszt was the thunderous, virtuoso showman, Chopin was the refined, undemonstrative poet, noted for his rubato, the effect whereby notes are not ...