Did Chopin consider coming to America?

Who knows. His dream and deep yearning was to go back to Poland but that wasn't possible. He supposedly carried a container of dirt from Poland with him at all times. read more

Yes, he did. In 1832 he seriously considered the prospect of emigrating to the United States, as a number of his Polish compatriots-in-exile had already done. Still a very young and idealistic man, Chopin had just come to Paris at this time, and things were not (yet) going very well. read more

The Nocturne, Field's invention, was taken up in a big way by Chopin, whilst Liszt edited many of them. Field never reciprocated the admiration that Chopin gave his works, but Field was almost 30 years older. He made no indication that he liked Chopin, there is no evidence of any friendship and some evidence of snide remarks on both sides. read more