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Frédéric François Chopin (February 22 or March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) was a Romantic-era Polish composer. He was born in Warsaw, but left in 1830. He settled in Paris in 1831 and lived there for the remainder of his life.

All of Chopin's compositions included the piano, and the vast majority were written for the solo piano.

Biography

List of compositions

This is a list of compositions by the French-Polish composer Frédéric Chopin in order of opus number.

Works with opus numbers

Published during Chopin's lifetime

Opus Title Date
1 Rondo in C minor 1825
2 Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, in B-flat major, for piano and orchestra 1827
3 Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major for cello and piano 1829
4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor 1828
5 Rondo à la mazur in F major 1826
6 Four Mazurkas 1830
7 Five Mazurkas 1830 – 1831
8 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor 1829
9 Three Nocturnes 1830 – 1831
10 Twelve Études 1829 – 1832
11 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 1830
12 Variations brillantes on "Je vends des Scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, in B-flat major 1833
13 Grande fantaisie sur des airs polonais in A major 1828
14 Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major 1828
15 Three Nocturnes 1830 – 1833
16 Rondo in E-flat major 1832
17 Four Mazurkas 1832 – 1833
18 Grande valse brillante in E-flat major 1831
19 Bolero 1833
20 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor 1831
21 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor 1829 – 1830
22 Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major Polonaise section orchestrated 1830 – 1831, piano solo 1834
23 Ballade No. 1 in G minor 1831 – 1835
24 Four Mazurkas 1834 – 1835
25 Twelve Études 1832 – 1836
26 Two Polonaises 1834 – 1835
27 Two Nocturnes 1835
28 Twenty-Four Preludes 1836 – 1839
29 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major 1837
30 Four Mazurkas 1836 – 1837
31 Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor 1837
32 Two Nocturnes 1836 – 1837
33 Four Mazurkas 1837 – 1838
34 Three Waltzes 1831 – 1838
35 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor ("Funeral March") 1839
36 Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major 1839
37 Two Nocturnes 1838 – 1839
38 Ballade No. 2 in F major 1836 – 1839
39 Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor 1839
40 Two Polonaises 1838 – 1839
41 Four Mazurkas 1838 – 1839
42 Waltz in A-flat major 1840
43 Tarantelle in A-flat major 1841
44 Polonaise in F-sharp minor 1841
45 Prelude in C-sharp minor 1841
46 Allegro de concert in A major 1832 – 1841
47 Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major 1840 – 1841
48 Two Nocturnes 1841
49 Fantaisie in F minor 1841
50 Three Mazurkas 1841 – 1842
51 Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major 1842
52 Ballade No. 4 in F minor 1842
53 Polonaise in A-flat major ("Heroic") 1842
54 Scherzo No. 4 in E major 1842
55 Two Nocturnes 1843
56 Three Mazurkas 1843
57 Berceuse in D-flat major 1843
58 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor 1844
59 Three Mazurkas 1845
60 Barcarole in F-sharp major 1845 – 1846
61 Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major 1845 – 1846
62 Two Nocturnes 1846
63 Three Mazurkas 1846
64 Three Waltzes 1846 – 1847
65 Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor 1845 – 1846

Published posthumously

Op. posth. Title Date
4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor 1828
66 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor 1835
67 Four Mazurkas 1835 – 1849
68 Four Mazurkas 1827 – 1849
69 Two Waltzes 1829 – 1835
70 Three Waltzes 1829 – 1841
71 Three Polonaises 1825 – 1828
72 Nocturne in E minor, Funeral March in C minor, Three Écossaises 1826 – 1827
73 Rondo in C major (versions for solo piano and two pianos) 1828
74 Seventeen Polish Songs 1829 – 1847

Works without opus numbers

Published in Chopins lifetime

Title Composed Published
Polonaise in G minor 1817 1817
Two Mazurkas (G major, B-flat major) 1826 1826
Grand Duo concertant for Cello and Piano in E (written jointly with Auguste Franchomme 1832 1833
Variation No. 6 in E from Hexameron 1837 1839
Trois nouvelles études (F minor, A-flat major, D-flat major) 1839 1840
Mazurka in A minor, Notre Temps 1840 1841
Mazurka in A minor, Émile Gaillard 1841 1841
Contredanse in G-flat major 1826? 1843

Published posthumously

Title Composed Published
Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un lied Allemande in E 1826 1851
"Jakież kwiaty, jakie wianki" 1829 1856
Polonaise in G-sharp minor 1822 1864
Waltz in E minor 1830 1868
Polonaise in G-flat major 1829 1870
Mazurka in C 1833 1870
Waltz in E major 1829 1871
Two Mazurkas (G major, B-flat major) 1826 1875
Mazurka in D 1829 1875
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Lento con gran espressione 1830 1875
Polonaise in B-flat minor. Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg 1826 1879
Variations in A: Souvenir de Paganini 1829 1881
Fugue in A minor 1841 – 1842 1898
Polonaise in A-flat major 1821 1902
Waltz in A-flat major 1827 1902
Waltz in E-flat major 1829 – 1830 1902
Mazurka in B-flat major 1832 1909
Mazurka in D major (Mazurek) 1820 1910
"Rêverie" (Dumka, Mist Before My Eyes) 1840 1910
Moderato in E major (Album Leaf) 1843 1910
Prelude in A-flat major (ded. Pierre Wolff), B. 86, KK. IVb/7, P 2/7 1834 1918
Mazurka in A-flat major, B. 85, KK. IVb/4, P 2/4 1834 1930
Prelude and Andantino animato, in F major, KK Anh Ia/2-3, A 1/2-3 1930
Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84, KK IVb/6 1931
Waltz in F-sharp minor, Valse mélancolique, KK Ib/7, A 1/7 1932
Largo in E-flat major, B. 109, KK. IVb/5 1938
Nocturne in C minor, B. 108, KK IVb/8, P 2/8 1837 1938
Polonaise in B-flat major, B. 3, KK IVa/1, P 1/1 1817 1947
Canon in F minor, B. 129b, KK IVc/1 1948
Song "Czary" (Enchantment), in D minor, B. 51, KK IVa/11, P 1/11 1830 1910, 1954
Variations in E major for flute and piano on the air "Non piu mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B. 9, KK Anh. Ia/5, A 1/5 1824 1955
"Sostenuto" (a.k.a. Klavierstuck; Waltz) in E-flat major, B. 133, KK IVb/10, P 2/10 1840 1955
Waltz in A minor, B. 150, KK IVb/11, P 2/11 1843 1955
Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Venetian Air, in D major, for piano 4-hands, B.12a, KK IVa/6 1826 1965
Bourrée No. 1 in G major, B. 160b/1, KK VIIb/1, D 2/1 1848 1968
Bourrée No. 2 in A major, B. 160b/2, KK VIIb/2, D 2/2 1846 1968
Galop A flat (Galop Marquis), KK IVc/13, P 2/13 1846
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Nocturne oubliée), KK Anh Ia/6, A1/6
Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Theme by Thomas Moore, P 1/6 1826
Mazurka in D, P 2/2 1832
Klavierstuck in E-flat major, P 2/5 1837
Klavierstuck in B-flat major, P 2/6 1834
Prelude in E-flat minor, Devil's Trill
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