CHOPIN'S HAND
Indeed, Chopin's music is of just these qualities. It is strong in its nobility, delicate in its sentiment.
One would think that to arrive in Paris and to be welcomed by the great ones would make everything easy.
But it was not so for Chopin. Only a few people were present at his first concert and for quite a while he had no pupils.
Indeed, it was all so discouraging that he made up his mind to return to his beloved Poland.
His friend, Franz Liszt, begged him not to go. Others, too, urged him to stay in Paris. One friend, who met him in the street as he was about to leave, advised him as did the others to stay in Paris.
But no, he was going home.
"But," said this friend, "first come with me to visit a true lover of music."
So Chopin went with him to the house of Baron Rothschild. Here he played, so charming the company with his music that ever so many of them begged him for the privilege of lessons.