Emilia Chopin

Portrait of Emilia Chopin

Emilia Chopin (1812-1827) was a younger sister of Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. As a child, she showed literary and artistic talent, but she died on 10 April 1827, aged 15. The cause of death was probably tuberculosis.^[1]

Together with her brother Fryderyk she authored a one-act rhymed comedy entitled Omyłka, czyli mniemany filut (The Error, or Presumed Joker) in 1824 for their father's nameday.^[2] Shortly before her death, Emilia helped her sister Ludwika in the translation and adaptation of a German novel by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, published in Polish as Ludwik i Emilka in 1828.^[1]

Emilia's early death may have had some influence on Chopin's music.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Piotr Mysłakowski, Andrzej Sikorski. Emila Chopin, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Emilia Chopin (1812–1827), Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

Opus 10	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 (Tristesse) No. 4 No. 5 (Black Key) No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 (Revolutionary)

Opus 25	No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) No. 2 (The Bees) No. 3 (The Horseman) No. 4 No. 5 (Wrong Note) No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 (Butterfly) No. 10 No. 11 (Winter Wind) No. 12

Trois nouvelles études	Trois nouvelles études

Impromptus

Mazurkas

4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
Posthumous mazurkas without opus numbers

Nocturnes

Piano sonatas

Polonaises

Rondos

Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16
Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

Scherzos

Waltzes

Ballets

Miscellaneous music

With opus numbers: Variations brillantes in B-flat major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12; Boléro, Op. 19; Tarantelle in A-flat major, Op. 43; Allegro de concert, Op. 46; Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57; Barcarole in F-sharp major, Op. 60; Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2; Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3; 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74

Without opus numbers: Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151; Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117; 2 Bourrées, B. 160b; Canon in F minor, B. 129a; Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84; Contredanse in G-flat major (doubtful), B. 17; Fugue in A minor, B. 144; 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2; Galopp in A-flat (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13; Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6; Klavierstück in B-flat (1834), P. 2/6; Klavierstück in E-flat (1837), P. 2/5; Klavierstück in E-flat (1840), P. 2/10; Largo in E-flat, B. 109; 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132; Variations in A, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37; Variation in E for Hexameron, B. 113; Variations in E for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5; Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14

Other

Related media

Family

Emilia Chopin

See also

References

Further reading