Composer
Frederic Chopin
1810–1849
5,074 works in the index
- Era
- Romantic
- Nationality
- Congress Poland
- Born in
- Żelazowa Wola
Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano, and the catalogue is correspondingly deep: nocturnes, waltzes, mazurkas, polonaises, études, ballades, scherzos and two concerti. Nothing here is truly easy, but the range within it is wide.
The realistic starting points are the simpler waltzes and mazurkas, and the Op. 9 No. 2 nocturne. The Études, despite the name, are concert works of extreme difficulty rather than teaching material. The ballades and scherzos are late-stage repertoire.
Editions are a genuine problem with Chopin specifically. He published in France, Germany and England simultaneously and the three differ, and pupils' annotated copies add further readings — there is no single authoritative text. Modern urtext editions choose between the sources and document the choice; older editions simply picked, silently. If a passage you are learning does not match a recording, the edition is often the reason.
Catalogue
Works page 20 of 106
Concerto in F Minor
Mazurka, F minor, op. 63,2 (Piano solo)
Mazurka, B flat major, op. 7,1 (Piano solo)
Mazurka, E minor, op. 17,2 (Piano solo)
Mazurka, C sharp minor, op. 41,4 (Piano solo)
Lento con gran espressivo C sharp minor Op. post.
Mazurka, C major, op. 33,3 (Piano solo)
Chopin: Mazurka a minor op. post. 68,2
Mazurka, G minor, op. post. 67,2 (Piano solo)
Mazurka, A minor, op. post. 68,2 (Piano solo)
Mazurka, G sharp minor, op. 33,1 (Piano solo)
Chopin: Mazurka g sharp minor op. 33,1
Nocturne G minor Op. 37, No. 1
Nocturne G major Op. 37, No. 2
Nocturne C minor Op. 48, No. 1
Nocturne F sharp minor Op. 48, No. 2
Nocturne F minor Op. 55, No. 1
Nocturne E major Op. 62, No. 2
Waltz in A minor (Op. posthumous)
Waltz in B Minor (Op. 69, No 2)
Military Polonaise
Minuet Waltz
Prelude, B minor, op. 28,6 (Piano solo)
Prelude, A major, op. 28,7 (Piano solo)
Prelude, E major, op. 28,9 (Piano solo)
Prelude, E flat minor, op. 28,14 (Piano solo)
Prelude [Raindrops], D flat major, op. 28,15 (Piano solo)
Nocturne, G minor, op. 15,3 (Piano solo)
Nocturne, B major, op. 32,1 (Piano solo)
Nocturne, G minor, op. 37,1 (Piano solo)
Nocturne, C sharp minor, KK IVa, 16 (Piano solo)
Nocturne E flat major Op. 9, No. 2
Nocturne, C sharp minor, op. 27,1 (Piano solo)
Prelude, E minor, op. 28,4 (Piano solo)
Prelude, C minor, op. 28,20 (Piano solo)
Prelude, F major, op. 28,23 (Piano solo)
Fantaisie-Impromptu, C sharp minor, op. post. 66 (Piano solo)
Nocturne F major Op. 15, No. 1
Nocturne B flat minor Op. 9, No. 1
Nocturne E minor Op. post.
Nocturne B minor Op. 9, No. 3
Nocturne F sharp major Op. 15, No. 2
Nocturne G minor Op. 15, No. 3
Nocturne C minor Op. post.
Nocturne C sharp minor Op. 27, No. 1
Nocturne D flat major Op. 27, No. 2
Nocturne B major Op. 32, No. 1
Nocturne A flat major Op. 32, No. 2
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