One Man's Mission to Set Chopin Free Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Illustration from the textbook Modern History, published in Russia, shows the portrait of Polish composer Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), circa 2008. ( Neveshkin Nikolay / Shutterstock ) Produced by Kristen Meinzer Produced by PRI and WNYC