Washington Post -
17 Nov 2014 23:08
"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also," reads a placard near where the heart of composer Frédéric Chopin lies. It is sealed in a glass jar and concealed by a stone pillar. In Poland, where the organ has rested off and on for a century and a half, the site is a piece of a nation's soul; Chopin's music may belong to the ages, but Poland has claimed the half-Polish composer and pianist as its own.
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