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  "name": "Frédéric Chopin",
  "description": "Frédéric Chopin appears once in our Romantic list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "title": "Nocturnes, Op. 9",
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      "label": null,
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      "whyItMatters": "Chopin wrote almost nothing that is not for piano and needed nothing else. The right hand is an opera singer, the left is the accompanist, and the rubato is the whole art.",
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