List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre

This is a list of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre. There is a separate list by opus number.

Most of Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, although he did compose two piano concertos (his concertos No. 1 and No. 2 are two of the romantic piano concerto repertoire's most often-performed pieces) as well as some other music for ensembles.

His larger scale works such as sonatas, the four scherzos, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 have cemented a solid place within the repertoire, as well as shorter works like his polonaises, mazurkas, waltzes, impromptus and nocturnes taking a substantial portion of recorded and performed music.

Two important collections are the Études, Opp. 10 and 25 (which are a staple of that genre for pianists), and the 24 Preludes, Op. 28 (a cycle of short pieces paired in a major key/relative minor key pattern following the circle of fifths in clockwise steps). In addition, he wrote numerous song settings of Polish texts, and chamber pieces including a piano trio and a cello sonata.

This listing uses the traditional opus numbers where they apply; other works are identified by numbers from the catalogues of Maurice J. E. Brown (B), Krystyna Kobylańska (KK), and Józef Michał Chomiński (A, C, D, E, P, S).

Piano solo

Ballades

• Op. 23: Ballade No. 1 in G minor (composed 1835–36)
• Op. 38: Ballade No. 2 in F major (1836–39)
• Op. 47: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major (1841)
• Op. 52: Ballade No. 4 in F minor (1842–43)

Études

Fanciful nicknames have been given to most of Chopin's Études from time to time, although Chopin himself never used nicknames for these pieces, and none are authentic. Only a few nicknames of the Etudes are widely used, such as Op.10 No.12, which is nicknamed "Revolutionary."

• Op. 10, 12 Études:
  • No. 1: Étude in C major, Waterfall (1830)
  • No. 2: Étude in A minor, Chromatic (1830)
  • No. 3: Étude in E major, Tristesse, or L'adieu (1832)
  • No. 4: Étude in C-sharp minor, Torrent (1832)
  • No. 5: Étude in G-flat major, Black Keys (1830)
  • No. 6: Étude in E-flat minor, Lament (1830)
  • No. 7: Étude in C major, Toccata (1832)
  • No. 8: Étude in F major, Sunshine (1829)
  • No. 9: Étude in F minor (1829)
  • No. 10: Étude in A-flat major (1829)
  • No. 11: Étude in E-flat major, Arpeggio (1829)
  • No. 12: Étude in C minor, Revolutionary (1831)
• Op. 25, 12 Études:
  • No. 1: Étude in A-flat major, Aeolian Harp, or Shepherd Boy (1836)
  • No. 2: Étude in F minor, The Bees (1836)
  • No. 3: Étude in F major, The Horseman (1836)
  • No. 4: Étude in A minor (1832–1834)
  • No. 5: Étude in E minor, Wrong Note (1832–1834)
  • No. 6: Étude in G-sharp minor, Thirds (1832–1834)
  • No. 7: Étude in C-sharp minor, Cello (1836)
  • No. 8: Étude in D-flat major, Sixths (1832–1834)
  • No. 9: Étude in G-flat major, Butterfly (1832–1834)
  • No. 10: Étude in B minor, Octave (1832–1834)
  • No. 11: Étude in A minor, Winter Wind (1834)
  • No. 12: Étude in C minor, Ocean (1836)
• Trois nouvelles études (1839):
  • No. 1: Étude in F minor
  • No. 2: Étude in A-flat major
  • No. 3: Étude in D-flat major

Impromptus

• Op. 29: Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major (1837)
• Op. 36: Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major (1839)
• Op. 51: Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major (1843)
• Op. 66 (posth.): Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor (1834)

Mazurkas

• Op. 6, Four Mazurkas (1830–32)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in F-sharp minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
  • No. 3: Mazurka in E major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in E-flat minor
• Op. 7, Five Mazurkas (1830–32)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in B-flat major
  • No. 2: Mazurka in A minor (1829, revised 1830)
  • No. 3: Mazurka in F minor
  • No. 4: Mazurka in A-flat major (1824, revised 1830)
  • No. 5: Mazurka in C major
• Op. 17, Four Mazurkas (1833)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in B-flat major
  • No. 2: Mazurka in E minor
  • No. 3: Mazurka in A-flat major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in A minor
• Op. 24, Four Mazurkas (1835)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in G minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in C major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in A-flat major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in B-flat minor
• Op. 30, Four Mazurkas (1837)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in C minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in B minor
  • No. 3: Mazurka in D-flat major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
• Op. 33, Four Mazurkas (1838)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in G-sharp minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in C major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in D major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in B minor
• Op. 41, Four Mazurkas (1839–40)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in E minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in B major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in A-flat major
  • No. 4: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
• Mazurka in A minor (No. 50; "Notre Temps"; 1840; pub. 1841 in Six morceaux de salon, without Op. number; B. 134; KK IIb/4; S 2/4)
• Mazurka in A minor (No. 51; "Émile Gaillard"; 1840; pub. 1841 in Album de pianistes polonais, without Op. number; B. 140; KK IIb/5; S 2/5)
• Op. 50, Three Mazurkas (1842)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in G major
  • No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
• Op. 56, Three Mazurkas (1844)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in B major
  • No. 2: Mazurka in C major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in C minor
• Op. 59, Three Mazurkas (1845–46)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in A minor
  • No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
  • No. 3: Mazurka in F-sharp minor
• Op. 63, Three Mazurkas (1846-7)
  • No. 1: Mazurka in B major
  • No. 2: Mazurka in F minor
  • No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor

Published in Poland during early years

• Two Mazurkas (unnumbered; 1826; pub. 1826, without Op. number; B. 16, KK IIa/2-3, S 1, No. 2):
  • a. Mazurka in G major
  • b. Mazurka in B-flat major

With opus numbers

• Op. posth. 67, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 42-45; pub. 1855):
  • No. 1: Mazurka in G major (1833)
  • No. 2: Mazurka in G minor (1849)
  • No. 3: Mazurka in C major (1835)
  • No. 4: Mazurka in A minor (1846)
• Op. posth. 68, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 46-49; pub. 1855):
  • No. 1: Mazurka in C major (1829)
  • No. 2: Mazurka in A minor (1827)
  • No. 3: Mazurka in F major (1829)
  • No. 4: Mazurka in F minor (1849; Last composition)

Without opus numbers

• Mazurka in C major (1833; pub. 1870; B. 82; KK IVB/3; P 2/3)
• Mazurka in D major (1829; pub. 1875; B 31/71; KK IVa/7; P 1/7)
• Mazurka in B-flat major (1832; pub. 1909; B. 73; KK IVb/1; P 2/1)
• Mazurka in D major "Mazurek" (doubtful, 1820?; pub. 1910; B. 4; KK Anh Ia/1; A 1/1)
• Mazurka in A-flat major (1834; pub. 1930; B. 85; KK IVb/4; P 2/4)
• Mazurka in D major (1832; pub. ?; P 2/2)

Nocturnes

• Op. 9, Three Nocturnes (1830–32):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in B-flat minor
  • No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
  • No. 3: Nocturne in B major
• Op. 15, Three Nocturnes (1830–33):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in F major
  • No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp major
  • No. 3: Nocturne in G minor
• Op. 27, Two Nocturnes (1835-6):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
  • No. 2: Nocturne in D-flat major
• Op. 32, Two Nocturnes (1836–37):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in B major
  • No. 2: Nocturne in A-flat major
• Op. 37, Two Nocturnes (1838–40):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in G minor
  • No. 2: Nocturne in G major
• Op. 48, Two Nocturnes (1840–41):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in C minor
  • No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp minor
• Op. 55, Two Nocturnes (1843–44):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in F minor
  • No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
• Op. 62, Two Nocturnes (1846):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in B major
  • No. 2: Nocturne in E major

Posthumously published

With opus number

• Op. posth. 72 (No.2 and No.3 are works other than Nocturnes):
  • No. 1: Nocturne in E minor (1827–29)

Without opus numbers

• P. 1/16: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Lento con gran espressione (1830)
• P. 2/8: Nocturne in C minor (1837)
• A. 1/6: Nocturne in C-sharp minor (Nocturne oubliée) (spurious)

Polonaises

• Op. 26, Two Polonaises (1833–36)
  • No. 1: Polonaise in C-sharp minor
  • No. 2: Polonaise in E-flat minor
• Op. 40, Two Polonaises (1838–40)
  • No. 1: Polonaise in A major, Military
  • No. 2: Polonaise in C minor, Funeral
• Op. 44: Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Tragic (1840–41)
• Op. 53: Polonaise in A-flat major, Heroic or Drum (1842–43)
• Op. 61: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major (1846)

Published in Poland during early years

• KK IIa No. 1: Polonaise in G minor (1817; First composition)

Posthumously published

With opus numbers

• Op. posth. 71, Three Polonaises:
  • No. 1: Polonaise in D minor (1825)
  • No. 2: Polonaise in B-flat major (1828)
  • No. 3: Polonaise in F minor (1828)

Without opus numbers

• KK IVa, Five Polonaises:
  • No. 1: Polonaise in B-flat major (1817)
  • No. 2: Polonaise in A-flat major (1821)
  • No. 3: Polonaise in G-sharp minor (1822)
  • No. 5: Polonaise in B-flat minor, Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg (1826)
  • No. 8: Polonaise in G-flat major (1829)

Preludes

• Op. 28, 24 Preludes:
  • No. 1: Prelude in C major (composed 1839)
  • No. 2: Prelude in A minor (1838)
  • No. 3: Prelude in G major (1838–1839)
  • No. 4: Prelude in E minor (1838)
  • No. 5: Prelude in D major (1838–1839)
  • No. 6: Prelude in B minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 7: Prelude in A major (1836)
  • No. 8: Prelude in F-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 9: Prelude in E major (1838–1839)
  • No. 10: Prelude in C-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 11: Prelude in B major (1838–1839)
  • No. 12: Prelude in G-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 13: Prelude in F-sharp major (1838–1839)
  • No. 14: Prelude in E-flat minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 15: Prelude in D-flat major, Raindrop (1838–1839)
  • No. 16: Prelude in B-flat minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 17: Prelude in A-flat major (1836)
  • No. 18: Prelude in F minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 19: Prelude in E-flat major (1838–1839)
  • No. 20: Prelude in C minor, Chord or Funeral March (1838–1839)
  • No. 21: Prelude in B-flat major (1838–1839)
  • No. 22: Prelude in G minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 23: Prelude in F major (1838–1839)
  • No. 24: Prelude in D minor (1838–1839)
• Op. 45: Prelude in C-sharp minor (1841)

Posthumously published

• P. 2/7: Prelude in A-flat major (1834, published 1918; ded. Pierre Wolff)
• A. 1/2: Prelude in F major
• Prelude in E-flat minor, Devil's Trill (recently found)

Rondos

• Op. 1: Rondo in C minor (1825; arr. piano 4-hands 1834)
• Op. 5: Rondo à la mazur in F major (1826)
• Op. 16: Rondo in E-flat major (1832)

Posthumously published

• Op. posth. 73: Rondo in C major for two pianos (1828; arr. piano solo 1840)

Scherzos

• Op. 20: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor (1831–35)
• Op. 31: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor (1836–37)
• Op. 39: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor (1839–40)
• Op. 54: Scherzo No. 4 in E major (1842–43)

Sonatas

• Op. 4 (posth.): Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor (1828; pub. 1851)
• Op. 35: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Funeral March (1839–40, Funeral March composed 1837)
• Op. 58: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor (1844–45)

Variations

• Op. 12: Variations brillantes in B-flat major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic (1833)
• B. 113: Variation in E for Hexameron (1837; pub. 1839)

Posthumously published

• B.9: Variations in E for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, KK. Anh. Ia/5, (? 1824; pub. 1955) ^[1]
• KK. IVa/6: Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, piano 4-hands (1826; pub 1965)
• B. 12a: Variations in D major or B minor on an Irish National Air (from Thomas Moore) for 2 pianos, P. 1/6 (1826)
• B. 14: Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub: Steh'auf, steh'auf o du Schweitzer Bub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand (1826; pub. 1851)
• B. 37: Variations in A, Souvenir de Paganini (1829; pub. 1881)

Lost

• KK. Ve/9: Variations, (January 1818)
• KK. Vb/2: Variations in F, piano 4-hands or 2 pianos (1826)
• KK. VIIa/3: Variations on a Ukrainian Dumka for violin and piano, by Antoni Radziwill, completed by Chopin (by June 1830)

Waltzes

• Op. 18: Grande valse brillante in E-flat major (1833)
• Op. 34, Trois grandes valses brillantes:
  • No. 1: Waltz in A-flat major (1835)
  • No. 2: Waltz in A minor (1831)
  • No. 3: Waltz in F major (1838)
• Op. 42: Waltz in A-flat major (1840)
• Op. 64, Three Waltzes:
  • No. 1: Waltz in D-flat major, Minute Waltz (1847)
  • No. 2: Waltz in C-sharp minor (1847)
  • No. 3: Waltz in A-flat major (1840, some sources say 1847)

Posthumously published

With opus numbers

• 1852: Two Waltzes, Op. posth. 69:
  • No. 1: Waltz in A-flat major, L'Adieu (1835)
  • No. 2: Waltz in B minor (1829)
• 1855: Three Waltzes, Op. posth. 70:
  • No. 1: Waltz in G-flat major (1832)
  • No. 2: Waltz in F minor (1841)
  • No. 3: Waltz in D-flat major (1829)

Without opus numbers

• 1868: Waltz in E minor (1830), B. 56, KK IVa/15, P. 1/15
• 1871-72: Waltz in E major, B. 44, KK IVa/12, P. 1/12
• 1902: Waltz in A-flat major, B. 21, KK IVa/13, P. 1/13
• 1902: Waltz in E-flat major, B. 46, KK IVa/14, P. 1/14
• 1955: Waltz in A minor (1843-1848), B. 150, KK IVb/11, P. 2/11
• 1955: Waltz in E-flat major (Sostenuto), B. 133, KK IVb/10 (not always classified as a waltz)
• 1932: Waltz in F-sharp minor, Valse mélancolique, KK Ib/7, A. 1/7. Reattributed to Charles Mayer as Le Régret op. 332^[2]

Miscellaneous pieces for solo piano

• Op. 19: Boléro in A minor (1833)
• Op. 22: Andante spianato in G major (1831-4)
• Op. 43: Tarantelle in A-flat major (1841)
• Op. 46: Allegro de Concert in A major (1832-41)
• Op. 49: Fantaisie in F minor (1841)
• Op. 57: Berceuse in D-flat major (1844)
• Op. 60: Barcarolle in F-sharp major (1845–46)

Posthumously published

With opus numbers

• Op. posth. 72:
  • No. 2: Marche funèbre in C minor (1827; B.20)
  • No. 3: Three Écossaises (1826; B.12)
    • No. 1 in D major
    • No. 2 in G major
    • No. 3 in D-flat major

Without opus numbers

• B. 17: Contredanse in G-flat major (doubtful) (1827)
• B. 84: Cantabile in B-flat major (1834)
• B. 109: Largo in E-flat major (1837)
• B. 117: Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna; 5 different MS exist) (1837)
• B. 129a: Canon in F minor (unfinished (1839))
• B. 133: Klavierstück in E-flat "Sostenuto" (1840; sometimes classified as a waltz)
• B. 144: Fugue in A minor (1841)
• B. 151: Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major (1843)
• B. 160b: 2 Bourrées (1846)
• P. 2/13: Galopp in A-flat (Galop Marquis) (1846)
• KK. Vb/1: Andante dolente in B-flat minor (lost)
• KK. Ve/3: Écossaise (? date; lost)
• KK. Vb/9: Écossaise in B-flat major (1827; lost)
• KK. VIIa/2: 3 Fugues (A minor, F major, D minor; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue)

Piano and orchestra

Concertos

• Op. 11: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (composed 1830)
• Op. 21: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (1829–1830)

Miscellaneous

• Op. 2: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, in B-flat major (1827)
• Op. 13: Fantasy on Polish Airs, in A major (1828)
• Op. 14: Rondo à la Krakowiak, in F major (1828)
• Op. 22: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, in E-flat major (1830–1831)^[3]

Cello and piano

• Op. 3: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major (1829–1830)
• B. 70: Grand Duo concertant in E major (1832; written jointly with Auguste Franchomme)
• Op. 65: Cello Sonata in G minor (1845–46)

Violin, cello and piano

• Op. 8: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor (1830)

Voice and piano

Posthumously published

With opus numbers

• Op. posth. 74, 17 Songs (1829–1847; Polish)
  • No. 1 The Wish (Życzenie) (1829)
  • No. 2 Spring (Wiosna) (1838)
  • No. 3 The Sad River (Smutna Rzeka) (1831)
  • No. 4 Merrymaking (Hulanka) (1830)
  • No. 5 What She Likes (Gdzie lubi) (1829)
  • No. 6 Out of My Sight (Precz z moich oczu) (1830)
  • No. 7 The Messenger (Poseł) (1830)
  • No. 8 Handsome Lad (Śliczny chłopiec) (1841)
  • No. 9 From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses [Melody] (Z gór, gdzie dźwigali strasznych krzyżów brzemię [Melodia]) (1847)
  • No. 10 The Warrior (Wojak) (1830)
  • No. 11 The Double-End (Dwojaki koniec) (1845)
  • No. 12 My Darling (Moja pieszczotka) (1837)
  • No. 13 I Want What I Have Not (Nie ma czego trzeba) (1845)
  • No. 14 The Ring (Pierścień) (1836)
  • No. 15 The Bridegroom (Narzeczony) (1831)
  • No. 16 Lithuanian Song (Piosnka litewska) (1831)
  • No. 17 Leaves are Falling, Hymn from the Tomb (Śpiew z mogiłki) (1836)

Without opus numbers

• Enchantment (Czary) (1830)
• Reverie (Dumka) (1840)

Lost works

• Polonaise for piano, composed 1818. Presented by Chopin to the Empress Maria Teodorowna, mother of the Tsar, on the occasion of her visit to Warsaw on 26 September 1818.
• Variations for piano, composed 1818. Mentioned in the "Pamietnik Warzawski" of 1818
• Polonaise 'Barber of Seville' for piano, composed 1825/11. In 1825/11 Chopin wrote to Bialoblocki: "I have done a new Polonaise on the "Barber" which is fairly well liked. I think of sending it to be lithographed tomorrow."
• Variations for 2 pianos in F major, composed 1826. Listed by Louise Chopin
• Variations on an Irish National Air (from Thomas Moore) for 2 pianos, composed 1826. Stated to be "in D Major or B minor."
• Waltz for piano in C major, composed 1826.
• Andante dolente for piano in B-flat minor, composed 1827. Mentioned in the list of Louise Chopin
• Ecossaise for piano in B-flat major, composed 1827. Mentioned in the list of Louise Chopin.
• Waltz for piano in D minor, composed 1828. Given in Louise's list, with the date, and entitled (? by Louise) 'La partenza' ('The departure')
• Waltz for piano (supposedly) in A-flat major, composed 1830/12 (?). Known from a letter Chopin wrote on 21 December 1830 from Vienna to his family.

Notes

See also

• List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

References

External links

• List of works by Chopin with institution rating at the Classical Music DB
• Complete list of Chopin's works with background information, study guides, sheet music and recordings.
• Chopin: the poet of the piano Complete list of Chopin music with illustration, years of composition and publication, dedications, analyses, and quotes
• The Chopin Project has more information, links, resources, and audio on demand of Chopin's solo keyboard works.
• PDF Sheet Music from the Mutopia Project