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RECOMMENDED MUSIC FOR VISITORS WHO ARE NEW TO CHOPIN
Nocturne Op.9 no.2
Nocturne C minor Op. posth
Etude Op.10 no.3 (Tristesse)
Etude Op.10 no.12 (Revolution)
Etude Op.25 no.9 (Butterfly)
Etude Op.25 no.11 (Winter wind)
Waltz Op.18
Waltz Op.64 no.2
Waltz No.19 A minorFantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66
Sonata Op.35 III-Funeral march
Prelude Op.28 no.4
Mazurka Op.33 no.2
Mazurka Op.63 no.3
Polonaise B flat minor (Adieu)
Polonaise Op. 53 (Heroic)
Concerto Op.11 II-Romance
Song Op.74 no.1 "Zyczenie"
MOST FAVORITE CHOPIN MUSIC
Concertos No.1 Op.11 & No.2 Op.21
4 Ballades, 4 Scherzos, Barcarolle Op.60, Fantasy Op.49
Sonatas No.2 Op.35 & No.3 Op. 58
12 Etudes Op.10 & 12 Etudes Op.25
24 Preludes Op.28, Prelude Op.45, Berceuse Op.57
21 Nocturnes, 4 Impromptus, 19 Waltzes
51 Mazurkas, Polonaises Op.22, 26, 40, 44, 53, 61
COMPLETE CHOPIN MUSIC ANALYSIS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
This section will feature brief analyses (nearly short paragraphs) about each work of Chopin. This project will take a long time to finish (hopefully to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birthday in 2010). I thank Fred Yu for his great contribution in this project. Please check back again frequently. The updated analysis is highlighted in italic.
Albumblatt Canon Funeral March Scherzo
Allegretto Cantabile Galop Marquis Sonata
Allegro Concert Concerto Impromptu Song
Andantino Contredanse Largo Tarantella
Ballade Duo Concertant Mazurka Trio
Barcarolle Ecossaise Nocturne Variation
Berceuse Etude Polonaise Waltz
Bolero Fantasia Prelude
Bourrée Fugue Rondo
Disclaimer: The analysis is solely the writers' personal understanding of Chopin's music and does not represent any person's and/or organization's opinion as to its accuracy or completeness. Your use of this information is at your own risk and for reference purpose only. The text may not be copied, reproduced, used in any way or modified without my permission and/or necessary citation.
- Works of the same genre are arranged according to the opus numbers.
- Works without opus number are placed at the end of each group in chronological or numerical order.
- The numbers in [ ] are based on popular numbering methods of recording companies and score editions.
- The names in ( ) are for reference only; none of them were given by Chopin.
- The dedications/dedicatees if available are presented in the 'Work list' section.
- Some abbreviations: "Op"-opus, "no"-number, "#"-sharp, "b"-flat, " "-major, "m"-minor.
Albumblatt E major (Feuille d'Album / Moderato), 1843
Allegretto, F sharp major, 1829
Allegro de Concert, A major, Op. 46, 1841
Andantino "Wiosna" G major, 1838
Ballade [No. 1], G minor, Op. 23 (Polish), 1833
Ballade [No. 2], F major, Op. 38 (La gracieuse), 1839
Ballade [No. 3], A flat major, Op. 47, 1841
Ballade [No. 4], F minor, Op. 52, 1843
Barcarolle, F sharp major, Op. 60, 1846
Berceuse, D flat major, Op. 57, 1844
Bolero, C major, Op. 19 (Souvenir d'Andalousie), 1833
Bourrées: no 1 in G minor, no.2 in A major, 1846
Canon, F minor, 1839
Cantabile, B flat major, 1834
Concerto [No. 1], E minor, Op. 11, piano and orchestra, 1830:
I-Allegro maestoso, II-Romance: Larghetto, III-Rondo: Vivace
Concerto [No. 2], F minor, Op. 21, piano and orchestra, 1829:
I-Maestoso, II-Larghetto, III-Allegro vivace
Contredanse, in G Flat major (Kulaway), 1827
Duo Concertant from Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable", E major, piano and cello, 1831
Ecossaises Op. 72: no 3 D major, no 4 G major, no 5 D flat major, 1826-30 [No. 1-3]
Etudes Op. 10, 1829-1833: [No. 1-12]
no 1 C major (Waterfall)
no 2 A minor (Chromatic)
no 3 E major (Tristesse)
no 4 C# minor (Torrent)
no 5 Gb major (Black keys)
no 6 Eb minor
no 7 C major (Toccata)
no 8 F major (Sunshine)
no 9 F minor
no 10 Ab major
no 11 Eb major (Arpeggio)
no 12 C minor (Revolutionary)
Etudes Op. 25, 1835-1837: [No. 13-24]
no 1 Ab major (Aeolian harp)
no 2 F minor (Bees)
no 3 F major (Cartwheel/Horseman)
no 4 A minor
no 5 E minor (Wrong notes)
no 6 G# minor (Thirds)
no 7 C# minor (Cello)
no 8 Db major (Sixths)
no 9 Gb major (Butterfly)
no 10 B minor (Octaves)
no 11 A minor (Winter wind)
no 12 C minor (Ocean)
Etudes de la Méthode des Méthodes, 1839-1840 (Trois nouvelles études): [No. 25-27]
no 1 F minor
no 2 A flat major
no 3 D flat major
Fantasy on Polish Airs, A major, Op. 13, piano and orchestra, 1828
Fantasy, F minor, Op. 49, 1841
Fugue, A minor, 1841
Funeral March, C minor, Op. 72 no 2, 1826-29
Galop Marquis, A flat major, 1846
Impromptu [No. 1], A flat major, Op. 29, 1837
Impromptu [No. 2], F sharp major, Op. 36, 1839
Impromptu [No. 3], G flat major, Op. 51, 1842
Impromptu [No. 4] (Fantaisie-Impromptu), C sharp minor, Op. 66, 1834
Largo E flat major, 1847
Mazurkas Op. 6: no 1 F#m, no 2 C#m, no 3 E, no 4 Ebm, 1832 [No. 1-4]
Mazurkas Op. 7: no 1 Bb, no 2 Am, no 3 Fm, no 4 Ab, no 5 C, 1824-32 [No. 5-9]
Mazurkas Op. 17: no 1 Bb, no 2 Em, no 3 Ab, no 4 Am, 1833 [No. 10-13]
Mazurkas Op. 24: no 1 Gm, no 2 C, no 3 Ab, no 4 Bbm, 1833 [No. 14-17]
Mazurkas Op. 30: no 1 Cm, no 2 Bm, no 3 Db, no 4 C#m, 1837 [No. 18-21]
Mazurkas Op. 33: no 1 G#m, no 2 D, no 3 C, no 4 Bm, 1838 [No. 22-25]
Mazurkas Op. 41: no 1 C#m, no 2 Em, no 3 B, no 4 Ab, 1838-39 [No. 26-29]
Mazurkas Op. 50: no 1 G, no 2 Ab, no 3 C#m, 1842 [No. 30-32]
Mazurkas Op. 56: no 1 B, no 2 C, no 3 Cm, 1843-1844 [No. 33-35]
Mazurkas Op. 59: no 1 Am, no 2 Ab, no 3 F#m, 1845 [No. 36-38]
Mazurkas Op. 63: no 1 B, no 2 Fm, no 3 C#m, 1846 [No. 39-41]
Mazurkas Op. 67: no 1 G 1835, no 2 Gm 1849, no 3 C 1835, no 4 Am 1846 [No. 42-45]
Mazurkas Op. 68: no 1 C 1830, no 2 Am 1827, no 3 F 1830, no 4 Fm 1849 [No. 46-49]
Mazurka A minor (Emile Gaillard), 1840 [No. 50]
Mazurka A minor (Notre Temps), 1841 [No. 51]
Mazurka D major, 1820
Mazurka G major (Prague), 1826
Mazurka B flat major, 1826
Mazurka D major, 1832
Mazurka B flat major, 1832
Mazurka C major, 1833
Mazurka A flat major (Szymanowska), 1834 [No. 52-58]
Nocturnes Op. 9 (Les murmures de la Seine): no 1 Bbm, no 2 Eb, no 3 B, 1832 [No. 1-3]
Nocturnes Op. 15 (Les zéphyrs): no 1 F, no 2 F#, no 3 Gm, 1833 [No. 4-6]
Nocturnes Op. 27 (Les plaintives): no 1 C#m, no 2 Db, 1835 [No. 7,8]
Nocturnes Op. 32 (Il lamento e la consolazione): no 1 B, no 2 Ab, 1837 [No. 9,10]
Nocturnes Op. 37 (Les soupirs): no 1 G minor 1838, no 2 G major 1839 [No. 11,12]
Nocturnes Op. 48: no 1 C minor, no 2 F sharp minor, 1841 [No. 13,14]
Nocturnes Op. 55: no 1 F minor, no 2 E flat major, 1842-44 [No. 15,16]
Nocturnes Op. 62: no 1 B major, no 2 E major, 1846 [No. 17,18]
Nocturne Op. 72 no 1 E minor, 1827 [No. 19]
Nocturne C sharp minor (Lento con gran espressione / Reminiscence), 1830 [No. 20]
Nocturne C minor, 1847 [No. 21]
Nocturne, C sharp minor (Oubliée) [No. 22: recently discovered]
Polonaise C major Op. 3 (La gaité), piano and cello, 1829-30
Polonaise E flat major, Op. 22
(Grande Polonaise Brillante précédée d’un Andante Spianato), 1830-1835:
Version for piano and orchestra: I. Andante Spianato, II. Grande polonaise
Version for solo piano: I. Andante Spianato, II. Grande polonaise
Polonaises Op. 26: no 1 C sharp minor, no 2 E flat minor (Siberian Revolt), 1835 [No. 1,2]
Polonaises Op. 40: no 1 A major (Military) 1838, no 2 C minor 1839 [No. 3,4]
Polonaise F sharp minor, Op. 44 (Tragic), 1841 [No. 5]
Polonaise A flat major, Op. 53 (Heroic), 1843 [No. 6]
Polonaise A flat major, Op. 61 (Polonaise-fantaisie), 1846 [No. 7]
Polonaises Op. 71: no 1 D minor, no 2 B flat major, no 3 F minor, 1827-29 [No. 8-10]
Polonaise G minor, 1817
Polonaise B flat major, 1817
Polonaise A flat major, 1821
Polonaise G sharp minor, 1822 or 1824
Polonaise B flat minor (L'adieu à Guillaume Kolberg / La Gazza Ladra), 1826
Polonaise G flat major (Les adieux de Varsovie), 1829 [No. 11-16]
Preludes Op. 28, 1838-1839: [No. 1-24]
no 1 C major (Reunion)
no 2 A minor (Presentiment of death)
no 3 G major (Thou art so like a flower)
no 4 E minor (Suffocation)
no 5 D major (Uncertainty)
no 6 B minor (Tolling bells)
no 7 A major (The Polish dance)
no 8 F# minor (Desperation)
no 9 E major (Vision)
no 10 C# minor (The night moth)
no 11 B major (Dragonfly)
no 12 G# minor (Duel)
no 13 F# major (Loss)
no 14 Eb minor (Fear)
no 15 Db major (Raindrop)
no 16 Bb minor (Hades)
no 17 Ab major (A scene on the place de Nôtre Dame de Paris)
no 18 F minor (Suicide)
no 19 Eb major (Heartfelt happiness)
no 20 C minor (Funeral march)
no 21 Bb major (Sunday)
no 22 G minor (Impatience)
no 23 F major (A pleasure boat)
no 24 D minor (The storm)
Prelude C sharp minor, Op. 45, 1841 [No. 25]
Prelude A flat major (Presto con leggerezza / Pierre Wolf), 1834 [No. 26]
Prelude E flat minor (Devil's trills) [No. 27: recently discovered]
Rondo C minor, Op. 1 (L'adieu à Varsovie), 1825
Rondo à la Mazur, F major, Op. 5 (La posiana), 1826
Rondo à la Krakoviak, F major, Op. 14, Piano and orchestra, 1828
Rondo E flat major, Op. 16 (Rondo élégante), 1833
Rondo C major, Op. 73, for 2 pianos, 1828
Scherzo [No. 1], B minor, Op. 20 (Infernal Banquet), 1833
Scherzo [No. 2], B flat minor, Op. 31, 1837
Scherzo [No. 3], C sharp minor, Op. 39, 1839
Scherzo [No. 4], E major, Op. 54, 1843
Sonata [No. 1], C minor, Op. 4, 1828:
I. Allegro maestoso, II. Minuetto: Allegro - Trio, III. Larghetto, IV. Finale: Presto
Sonata [No. 2], B flat minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March), 1839:
I. Grave - Doppio movimento, II. Scherzo, III. Funeral March, IV. Finale: Presto
Sonata [No. 3], B minor, Op. 58, 1844:
I. Allegro maestoso, II. Scherzo: Molto vivace, III. Largo, IV. Finale: Presto ma non tanto
Sonata G minor, Op. 65, piano and cello, 1846:
I. Allegro moderato, II. Scherzo, III. Largo, IV. Finale
Songs Op. 74, voice and piano:
no 1 Zyczenie [A Young Girl's Wish] G major, 1829 (S.Witwicki);
no 2 Wiosna [Spring Song] G minor, 1838 (S.Witwicki);
no 3 Smutna rzeka [Sad River] F sharp minor, 1831 (S.Witwicki);
no 4 Hulanka [A Drinking Song] C major, 1830 (S.Witwicki);
no 5 Gdzie lubi [A Girl's Desire] A major, 1829, (S.Witwicki);
no 6 Precz z moich oczu [Out of my Sight] F minor, 1827, (A.Mickiewicz);
no 7 Posel [The Messenger] D major, 1831, (S.Witwicki);
no 8 Sliczny chlopiec [The Handsome Lad] D major, 1841, (B.Zaleski);
no 9 Melodia [Elegy] G major, 1847, (Z.Krasinski);
no 10 Wojak [The Warrior] A flat major, 1831, (S.Witwicki);
no 11 Dwojaki koniec [Death's Divisions] D minor, 1845, (B.Zaleski);
no 12 Moja pieszczotka [My Sweetheart] G flat major, 1837, (A.Mickiewicz);
no 13 Nie ma czego trzeba [Faded and Vanished] A minor, 1845, (B.Zaleski);
no 14 Pierscien [The Ring] E flat major, 1836, (S.Witwicki);
no 15 Narzeczony [The Betrothed] C minor, 1831, (S.Witwicki);
no 16 Piosnka litewska [A Lithuanian Song] E flat major, 1831, (L.Osinski);
no 17 Leci liscie z drzewa [Leaves Are Falling] E flat minor, 1836, (W.Pol)
Songs, voice and piano, without opus numbers:
Czary [Witchcraft / Enchantement] D minor, 1830 (S.Witwicki);
Dumka [A Sad Song / Reverie] A minor, (B.Zaleski)
Tarantella, A flat major, Op. 43, 1841
Trio, G minor, Op. 8, Piano, violin, cello, 1829:
I. Allegro con fuoco, II. Scherzo, III. Adagio sostenuto, IV. Allegretto
Variations, B flat major, Op. 2, on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano", piano and orchestra, 1827
Variations brillantes, B flat major, Op. 12, on "Je vends des Scapulaires", 1833
Variations E major, on a theme from Rossini's 'La Cenerentola', for pianoforte & flute, 1824
Variations E major, on "Steh' auf, steh' auf o du Schweitzer Bub", 1824
Variations D major, on a theme of Thomas Moore, piano 4 hands, 1826
Variations A major, Souvenir de Paganini, 1829
Variations E major, from Hexameron on the march of Vincenzo Bellini's "I Puritani", 1837
Waltz Eb major, Op. 18 (Grande valse brillante), 1833 [No. 1]
Waltzes Op. 34 (Grandes valses brillantes): no 1 Ab, 1835; no 2 Am, no 3 F, 1838 [No. 2-4]
Waltz Ab major, Op. 42 (Grande valse nouvelle), 1840 [No. 5]
Waltzes Op. 64: no 1 Db (Minute / Le petit chien), no 2 C#m, no 3 Ab, 1847 [No. 6-8]
Waltzes Op. 69: no 1 Ab major (L'adieu) 1835, no 2 B minor 1829 [No. 9,10]
Waltzes Op. 70: no 1 Gb major 1832, no 2 F minor 1842, no 3 Db major 1829 [No. 11-13]
Waltz E minor, 1830 [No. 14]
Waltz E major, 1829 [No. 15]
Waltz A flat major (Emily Elsner), 1827 [No. 16]
Waltz E flat major (Emily Elsner), 1829-30 [No. 17]
Waltz E flat major (Klavierstuck / Sostenuto), 1840 [No. 18]
Waltz A minor, 1847 [No. 19]
Waltz F sharp minor (Mélancolique) [No. 20: recently discovered]
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