List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre

This is a list of compositions by Frederic Chopin by genre. There is a separate list by opus number.
Most of Frederic Chopin's compositions were for solo piano. He also composed 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.
This listing uses the traditional opus numbers where they apply; other works are listed by number from the catalogues of Maurice J. E. Brown (B), Krystyna Kobylanska (KK), and Jozef Michal Chominski (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)
Etudes
Fanciful nicknames have been given to most of Chopin's Etudes from time to time, although Chopin himself never used nicknames for these pieces, and none are authentic. Only about three such nicknames are widely used: Op. 10, No. 5 Black Keys; Op. 10, No. 12 Revolutionary; and Op. 25, No. 11 Winter Wind. A number of occasionally suggested nicknames are shown below.
Op. 10, 12 Etudes:
No. 1: Etude in C major, Waterfall (composed 1830)
No. 2: Etude in A minor, Chromatic (1830)
No. 3: Etude in E major, Tristesse, or L'adieu (1832)
No. 4: Etude in C-sharp minor, Torrent (1832)
No. 5: Etude in G-flat major, Black Keys (1830)
No. 6: Etude in E-flat minor (1830)
No. 7: Etude in C major, Toccata (1832)
No. 8: Etude in F major, Sunshine (1829)
No. 9: Etude in F minor (1829)
No. 10: Etude in A-flat major (1829)
No. 11: Etude in E-flat major, Arpeggio (1829)
No. 12: Etude in C minor, Revolutionary (1831)
Op. 25, 12 Etudes:
No. 1: Etude in A-flat major, Aeolian Harp, or Shepherd Boy (composed 1836)
No. 2: Etude in F minor, The Bees (1836)
No. 3: Etude in F major, The Horseman (1836)
No. 4: Etude in A minor (1832-1834)
No. 5: Etude in E minor, Wrong Note (1832-1834)
No. 6: Etude in G-sharp minor, Double Third (1832-1834)
No. 7: Etude in C-sharp minor, Cello (1836)
No. 8: Etude in D-flat major, Sixths (1832-1834)
No. 9: Etude in G-flat major, Butterfly (1832-1834)
No. 10: Etude in B minor, Octave (1832-1834)
No. 11: Etude in A minor, Winter Wind (1834)
No. 12: Etude in C minor, Ocean (1836)
Trois nouvelles etudes (1839):
No. 1: Etude in F minor
No. 2: Etude in A-flat major
No. 3: Etude 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)
Posthumously published
Op. posth. 66: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor (1834)
Mazurkas
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
Op. 6, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 1-4):
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 (Nos. 5-9):
No. 1: Mazurka in B-flat major
No. 2: Mazurka in A minor
No. 3: Mazurka in F minor
No. 4: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 5: Mazurka in C major
Op. 17, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 10-13):
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 (Nos. 14-17):
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 (Nos. 18-21):
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 (Nos. 22-25):
No. 1: Mazurka in G-sharp minor
No. 2: Mazurka in D major
No. 3: Mazurka in C major
No. 4: Mazurka in B minor
Op. 41, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 26-29):
No. 1: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Mazurka in E minor
No. 3: Mazurka in B major
No. 4: Mazurka in A-flat major
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; "Emile Gaillard"; 1840; pub. 1841 in Album de pianistes polonais, without Op. number; B. 140; KK IIb/5; S 2/5)
Op. 50, Three Mazurkas (Nos. 30-32):
No. 1: Mazurka in G major
No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
Op. 56, Three Mazurkas (Nos. 33-35):
No. 1: Mazurka in B major
No. 2: Mazurka in C major
No. 3: Mazurka in C minor
Op. 59, Three Mazurkas (Nos. 36-38):
No. 1: Mazurka in A minor
No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 3: Mazurka in F-sharp minor
Op. 63, Three Mazurkas (Nos. 39-41):
No. 1: Mazurka in B major
No. 2: Mazurka in F minor
No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
Posthumously published
With opus numbers
Op. posth. 67, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 42-45; 1835-49; pub. 1855):
No. 1: Mazurka in G major
No. 2: Mazurka in G minor
No. 3: Mazurka in C major
No. 4: Mazurka in A minor
Op. posth. 68, Four Mazurkas (Nos. 46-49; 1827-49; pub. 1855):
No. 1: Mazurka in C major
No. 2: Mazurka in A minor
No. 3: Mazurka in F major
No. 4: Mazurka in F minor
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" (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:
No. 1: Nocturne in B-flat minor
No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
No. 3: Nocturne in B major
Op. 15, Three Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in F major (1830-1831)
No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp major (1830-1831)
No. 3: Nocturne in G minor (1833)
Op. 27, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Nocturne in D-flat major
Op. 32, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in B major (1836-1837)
No. 2: Nocturne in A-flat major (1836-1837)
Op. 37, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in G minor
No. 2: Nocturne in G major
Op. 48, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in C minor
No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp minor
Op. 55, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in F minor
No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
Op. 62, Two Nocturnes:
No. 1: Nocturne in B major
No. 2: Nocturne in E major
Posthumously published
With opus number
Op. posth. 72:
No. 1: Nocturne in E minor
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 oubliee) (spurious)
Polonaises
Op. 26, Two Polonaises:
No. 1: Polonaise in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Polonaise in E-flat minor
Op. 40, Two Polonaises:
No. 1: Polonaise in A major, Military
No. 2: Polonaise in C minor
Op. 44: Polonaise in F-sharp minor
Op. 53: Polonaise in A-flat major, Heroic or Drum
Op. 61: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major
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 IIa No. 1: Polonaise in G minor (1817)
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 a 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
Rondos
Op. 1: Rondo in C minor (1825; arr. piano 4-hands 1834)
Op. 5: Rondo a la mazur in F major (1826)
Op. 14: Rondo a la Krakowiak in F major (1828)
Op. 16: Rondo in E-flat major (1832)
Posthumously published
Op. posth. 73: Rondo in C major, versions for solo piano and two pianos (1828)
Scherzos
Op. 20: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor (1831)
Op. 31: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor (1837)
Op. 39: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor (1839)
Op. 54: Scherzo No. 4 in E major (1843)
Sonatas
Op. 35: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Funeral March (1839)
Op. 58: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor (1844)
Posthumously published
Op. 4: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor (1828)
Variations
Op. 12: Variations brillantes in B-flat major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Herold'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 piu mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, KK. Anh. Ia/5, (? 1824; pub. 1955) - doubtful
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", aka 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 (1846)
No. 2: Waltz in C-sharp minor (1846)
No. 3: Waltz in A-flat major
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
1855: Three Waltzes, Op. posth. 70:
No. 1: Waltz in G-flat major
No. 2: Waltz in F minor
No. 3: Waltz in D-flat major
Without opus numbers
1868: Waltz in E minor, 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
1932: Waltz in F-sharp minor, Valse melancolique, KK Ib/7, A. 1/7 (now considered spurious)
1955: Waltz in A minor, 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)
Miscellaneous pieces for solo piano
Op. 19: Bolero
Op. 43: Tarantelle in A-flat major
Op. 46: Allegro de concert in A major
Op. 49: Fantaisie in F minor
Op. 57: Berceuse in D-flat major
Op. 60: Barcarole in F-sharp major
Posthumously published
With opus numbers
Op. posth. 72:
No. 2: Marche funebre in C minor (1829; B.20)
No. 3: Three Ecossaises (1830)
No. 1 in D major
No. 2 in G major
No. 3 in D-flat major
Without opus numbers
B. 151: Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major
KK. Vb/1: Andante dolente in B-flat minor (lost)
B. 117: Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna; 5 different MS exist)
B. 160b: 2 Bourrees
B. 129a: Canon in F minor
B. 84: Cantabile in B-flat major
B. 17: Contredanse in G-flat major (doubtful)
KK. Ve/3: Ecossaise (? date; lost)
KK. Vb/9: Ecossaise in B-flat major (1827; lost)
B. 144: Fugue in A minor
KK. VIIa/2: 3 Fugues (A minor, F major, D minor; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue)
P. 2/13: Galopp in A-flat (Galop Marquis)
P. 2/6: Klavierstuck in B-flat (1834)
P. 2/5: Klavierstuck in E-flat (1837)
P. 2/10: Klavierstuck in E-flat "Sostenuto" (1840; sometimes classified as a waltz)
B. 109a: Largo in E-flat major
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 "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, in B-flat major (1827)
Op. 13: Fantaisie brillante on Polish Airs, in A major (1828)
Op. 14: Rondo a la Krakowiak, in F major (1828)
Op. 22: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, in E-flat major (1830-1831)
Cello and piano
B. 70: Grand Duo concertant in E major (1832; written jointly with Auguste Franchomme)
Op. 3: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major (1829-1830)
Op. 65: Cello Sonata in G minor (1845-46)
Violin, cello and piano
Op. 8: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor
Voice and piano
Posthumously published
With opus numbers
Op. posth. 74, 17 Songs (1829-1847; Polish)
No. 1 The Wish (Zyczenie) (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 (Posel) (1830)
No. 8 Handsome Lad (Sliczny chlopiec) (1841)
No. 9 From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses [Melody] (Z gor, gdzie dzwigali strasznych krzyzow brzemie [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 (Pierscien) (1836)
No. 15 The Bridegroom (Narzeczony) (1831)
No. 16 Lithuanian Song (Piosnka litewska) (1831)
No. 17 Leaves are Falling, Hymn from the Tomb (Spiew z mogilki) (1836)
Without opus numbers
Enchantment (Czary) (1830)
Reverie (Dumka) (1840)
Notes
References
Other websites
Klasikal.com - Website dedicated to classical music. Includes video performances and sheet music of many compositions of Frederic Chopin.
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Chopin: the poet of the piano Complete list of Chopin music with illustration, years of composition and publication, dedications, analyses, and quotes
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