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 91 of 106
Chopin: Prelude f sharp minor op. 28,8
Chopin: Prelude D major op. 28,5
Chopin: Prelude G major op. 28,3
Chopin: Prelude No 3 early version
Chopin: Prelude a minor op. 28,2
Chopin: Prelude C major op. 28,1
Chopin: Prelude c sharp minor op. 45
Chopin: Prelude g minor op. 28,22
Chopin: Prelude A flat major op. 28,17
Chopin: Prelude E flat major op. 28,19
Chopin: Prelude F sharp major op. 28,13
Chopin: Prelude B major op. 28,11
Chopin: Prelude b flat minor op. 28,16
Chopin: Prelude B flat major op. 28,21
Chopin: Prelude No 17 early version
Chopin: Prelude g sharp minor op. 28,12
Chopin: Prelude f minor op. 28,18
Chopin: Prelude c sharp minor op. 28,10
Chopin: Prelude d minor op. 28,24
Chopin: Waltz a minor op. 34,2
Chopin: Waltz c sharp minor op. 64,2
Chopin: Waltz D flat major op. 64,1 [Minute] D flat major op. 64,1
Chopin: Waltz A flat major op. 42
Chopin: Waltz A flat major op. 34,1
Chopin: Waltz [Grande Valse brillante] E flat major op. 18
Chopin: Waltz A flat major op. 64,3
Chopin: Waltz F major op. 34,3
Nocturne E flat major Op. 9, No. 2
Nocturne F major Op. 15, No. 1
Nocturne B flat minor Op. 9, No. 1
Nocturne B minor Op. 9, No. 3
Nocturne F sharp major Op. 15, No. 2
Nocturne G minor Op. 15, No. 3
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
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 flat major Op. 55, No. 2
Nocturne B major Op. 62, No. 1
Nocturne E major Op. 62, No. 2
Valse No. 14
Valse brillante Op 34 No 2
Valse brillante Op 34 No 3
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