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 72 of 106
Mazurka No. 45 in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 4
Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 3
Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2
Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3
Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63, No. 1
Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. 68, No. 1
Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1
Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2
Etude Op. 25, No. 06 in G-sharp Minor
Etude Op. 10, No. 06 in E-flat Minor
Trois Nouvelles Etudes No. 03 in D-flat Major
Mazurka No. 09 in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5
Mazurka No. 08 in A-flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4
Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Ballade Op. 38 in F Major
Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2
Prelude, Op. 28, No. 09 in E Major
Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 4
Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
Mazurka No. 38 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3
Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2
Mazurka No. 04 in E-flat Minor, Op. 6, No. 4
Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1
Mazurka No. 01 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1
Etude Op. 10, No. 08 in F Major
Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 2
Mazurka No. 32 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1
No. 01 in E-flat Major, Op. 18: Grande valse brillante/L'Invitation pour la danse
Polonaise No. 06 in A-flat Major
No. 03 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Mazurka No. 07 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3
Mazurka No. 20 in D-flat Major, Op. 30, No. 3
Mazurka No. 37 in A-flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2
Etude Op. 10, No. 09 in F Minor
Mazurka No. 19 in B Minor/F-sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Etude Op. 25, No. 02 in F Minor
Etude Op. 25, No. 08 in D-flat Major
Trois Nouvelles Etudes No. 02 in A-flat major
Etude Op. 10, No. 02 in A Minor
Etude Op. 10, No. 03 in E Major
Etude Op. 25, No. 05 in E Minor
Mazurka No. 16 in A-flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3
Etude Op. 25, No. 10 in B Minor
Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor
Mazurka No. 51 in A Minor
Introduction and Rondo, op. 16
Etude Op. 10, No. 10 in A-flat Major
Dates, era and nationality from Wikidata, matched on name and verified against any dates already held here. The biography above is our own. Portrait: Louis-Auguste Bisson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.