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 32 of 106
Mazurka in B Major, Op. 56, No. 1
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Mazurka in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1
Mazurka in B Major, Op. 41, No. 2
Polonaise in F minor, Op. 71, No. 3
Polonaise in D minor, Op. 71, No. 1
15 Waltzes
Polonaise in B-flat minor, KK IVa, No. 5
Solo Piano
Andantino
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4
Mazurka in B-flat Major, KK IVb, No. 1
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4
Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 26, No. 2
Polonaise in A-flat Major, KK IVa, No. 2
Mazurka in G Major, KK IIa, No. 2
Polonaise in G-flat Major, KK IVa, No. 8
Polonaise in B-flat Major, KK IVa, No. 1
Mazurka in B-flat Major, KK IIa, No. 3
Polonaise in G-sharp minor, KK IVa, No. 3
Polonaise in B-flat Major, Op. 71, No. 2
Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1
Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61
Mazurka in C Major, Op. 68, No. 1
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 63, No. 2
Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa, No. 1
Mazurka in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 59, No. 1
Mazurka in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3
Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 9/1 (B. 54a)
Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 9/2 (B. 54b)
Nocturne No. 3 in B, Op. 9/3 (B. 54c)
Nocturne No. 4 in F, Op. 15/1 (B. 55a)
Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp, Op. 15/2 (B. 55b)
Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15/3 (B. 79)
Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/1 (B. 91)
Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat, Op. 27/2 (B. 96)
Nocturne No. 9 in B, Op. 32/1 (B. 106a)
Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 32/2 (B. 106b)
"Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2"
Mazurka in A-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2
Mazurka in A minor, KK IIb, No. 5
Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Mazurka in D Major, KK IVb, No. 2
Mazurka in A minor, KK IIb, No. 4
Mazurka in C Major, KK IVb, No. 3
Mazurka in A-flat Major, KK IVb, No. 4
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