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He was Polish, despite his parisian history, hence his famous mazurkas.

• vixen99 17y ago
  To be clear, leaving aside his 'passport' status, he had a French father and a Polish mother. And it's interesting that he made no attempt to ever return to Poland after he'd arrived in Paris as a very young man. I think the French and Polish can make more or less equivalent claims on him.
• msluyter 17y ago
  It was a joke (I think); like saying "Mozart was the greatest Italian Opera composer." (Also true, imho).