Żywny taught Chopin for six years. He acquainted Frederic with works of the baroque and classical music and explained to him the structure of the piano works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Hummel.This education developed in Chopin a taste for the old composers.
The eleven-year-old Frederic dedicated to him the Polonaise in A flat major, composed in 1821. Wojciech Żywny is buried at the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw.
