A little note on the relationship of the New York Times with truth

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[bufo_viridis]

Not that I'm surprised.
In one - pretty good besides - American scientifical work I found that Frederick Chopin was Russian.

Which is technically true, by the merits of the passport, but still...

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But still it does not do much to explain the Polonaise Heroique, does it?

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The thing however is this: Chopin was at least a subject of the Russian Empire, however unwilling. Laura Antonaz/Antonelli was not a Yugoslav citizen for a single day; she was born in an Italian Istria, and her family left their native town, Pola/Pula, rather than have the pleasure of Yugoslav citizenship and Communist government. So the NY Times' reference entry is not only an insult to her family, it is factually false too.

[bufo_viridis]

On the other hand, with all due respect to Ms. Antonelli, Chopin is better known, and usually marked as "THE Polish composer".

Of course I'm probably too toouchy, since we have but him...

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Not quite (Szymanowski) but yeah, you've got a point.

[shezan]

Chopin? RUSSIAN????