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In reality his true technical
ancestor was Hummel.
He played the E minor concerto first in Paris, February 26, 1832,
and some smaller pieces. Although Kalkbrenner, Baillot and others
participated, Chopin was the hero of the evening. The affair was
a financial failure, the audience consisting mostly of
distinguished and aristocratic Poles. Mendelssohn, who disliked
Kalkbrenner and was angered at his arrogance in asking Chopin to
study with him, "applauded furiously." "After this," Hiller
writes, "nothing more was heard of Chopin's lack of technique."
The criticisms were favorable. On May 20, 1832, Chopin appeared
at a charity concert organized by Prince de la Moskowa. He was
lionized in society and he wrote to Titus that his heart beat in
syncopation, so exciting was all this adulation, social
excitement and rapid gait of living. But he still sentimentalizes
to Titus and wishes him in Paris.
A flirtation of no moment, with Francilla Pixis, the adopted
daughter of Pixis the hunchback pianist--cruelly mimicked by
Chopin--aroused the jealousy of the elder artist.


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