# Before Chopin

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Adrian Thomas
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/chopin)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the age of Handel, Haydn and Mozart, what was happening in Poland? In changing political and cultural circumstances, and in an age when composers like Bach and Telemann appropriated polonaises for their own use, how did Polish composers understand their national and European role? And what kind of legacy did they leave Chopin?

## Lectures

1. [Before Chopin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/chopin/482a4788903a) (YouTube)