Chopin is an outstanding representative of romantic music in the 19th century. However, some music theorists believe that Russian musician Tchaikovsky, Polish musician Chopin and Hungarian musician Liszt belong to both the romantic music school and the national music school.

In Europe in the 19th century, with the formation of Romanticism in the history of Western music, piano music entered its heyday, and many composers wrote glorious chapters in the history of music. Among them, Chopin, known as the "Piano Poet", has the most outstanding achievements in creation and performance in the field of piano music.

Chopin was born in ?elazowa Wola in the suburbs of Warsaw in 1810. He showed special musical talent from an early age. Chopin published his first work when he was seven years old, and gave his first public performance at the age of eight. He was often invited to perform as a "piano prodigy" and became the darling of the aristocratic salons at that time. In 1825, Chopin entered the Warsaw Conservatoire to study and began his early creative activities.

After settling in Paris, Chopin's creations tended to mature, and his piano music creations covered a wide range of content and genres, far exceeding those of his predecessors. Chopin deeply explored the expressive language of Romanticism in the creation of these works, and the focus of his works also evolved from pure lyricism to establishing the temperament of a national epic. Chopin's creations are not only delicate and implicit, but also possess a broad and profound spiritual realm and ardent patriotic emotions. Composer Robert Schumann commented, "Chopin's music is like a cannon hidden among flowers, full of infinite power." Pianist Artur Rubinstein once recalled: "When the first notes of Chopin's works sounded in the concert hall, the audience immediately recognized the beautiful music and marveled at it."

Whether it is the development of piano music genres, the creation of piano music harmonic vocabulary, or the development of piano performance technology, Chopin can be regarded as a milestone figure in the history of piano art. His immortal works, which are rich in poetry, full of shocking lyricism and dramatic power, represent the romantic music of the "Golden Age". At the same time, his creations have strong Polish national temperament and emotional content, occupying a very important position in the history of European music. On the one hand, he is known as an outstanding representative of European romantic musicians, and on the other hand, he is recorded in history as the founder of the European national music school in the 19th century. The reason why Chopin is great is that he closely integrated the romantic era style and the spiritual content of patriotism into his musical works.