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 83 of 106
Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24
Prelude in c# minor, Op. 45
Early Version of Op. 28/3
Early Version of Op.28/17
Polonaise [Militaire], A major, op. 40,1
Polonaise [Dramatic], C sharp minor, op. 26,1
Polonaise, E flat minor, op. 26,2
Polonaise, C minor, op. 40,2
Polonaise, F sharp minor, op. 44
Polonaise [Oktaven], A flat major, op. 53
Polonaise [Polonaise fantasy], A flat major, op. 61
Polonaise, D minor, op. 71,1
Polonaise, B flat major, op. 71,2
Polonaise (version after the autograph), F minor, op. 71,3
Polonaise (version after Fontana), F minor, op. 71,3
Chopin: Etude G flat major op. 25,9
Chopin: Etude E flat major op. 10,11
Chopin: Etude A flat major op. 10,10
Chopin: Etude F major op. 25,3
Chopin: Etude f minor op. 10,9
Chopin: Etude e minor op. 25,5
Chopin: Etude a minor op. 25,4
Chopin: Etude C minor op. 10,12 [Revolution]
Chopin: Etude e flat minor op. 10,6
Chopin: Etude c sharp minor op. 25,7
Chopin: Etude a minor op. 10,2
Chopin: Etude C major op. 10,7
Chopin: Etude A flat major op. 25,1
Chopin: Etude D flat major op. 25,8
Chopin: Etude f minor op. 25,2
Chopin: Etude F major op. 10,8
Chopin: Etude E major op. 10,3
Chopin: Etude g sharp minor op. 25,6
Chopin: Etude c sharp minor op. 10,4
Chopin: Etude G flat major op. 10,5
Chopin: Etude C major op. 10,1
Chopin: Etude c minor op. 25,12
Chopin: Etude a minor op. 25,11
Chopin: Etude b minor op. 25,10
Mazurkas (including 2 alternative versions), op. 6
Mazurkas, op. 7
Mazurkas, op. 17
Mazurkas, op. 24
Mazurkas, op. 30
Mazurkas, op. 33
Mazurkas, op. 41
Mazurkas, op. 50
Mazurkas, op. 56
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