7. Among them were Liszt, Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Heine.
8. His first weeks in Paris were discouraging; his first concert poorly attended.
9. This tempted him to return to Poland.
10. But his friends urged him to remain in Paris.
11. Finally success came.
12. Chopin was described as one who spoke little, especially among strangers.
13. Some of the music forms which he wrote are the nocturne, waltz, mazurka, impromptu, concerto, polonaise, etude.
14. Schumann was one of the first to declare Chopin a genius.
15. Chopin worked hard all his life.
16. But in his last years he suffered from ill-health.