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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin, in Polish Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (surname pronounced [ʃɔpɛ̃] in French, usually /ˈʃoʊpæn/ in English, sometimes written Szopen in Polish; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic...
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Minute Waltz
The Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, popularly known as the "Minute Waltz" is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin.
Chopin wrote the waltz in 1847 and had it published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig the same year, as the first of the...
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Polonaise-Fantaisie
The Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61, is a composition for piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was dedicated to Mme A. Veyret, and published in 1846.
This work was slow to gain favour with musicians, due to its harmonic complexity and intricate...
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Fantaisie-Impromptu
Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his most well-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana. Some aspects of this piece are similar to the...
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Etude Op. 10 no. 12
Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor known as The Revolutionary Étude, is a solo piano work by Frédéric Chopin written circa 1831. It is the 12th of his first set of etudes - "Douze Grandes Etudes" dedicated to "son ami Franz Liszt" (his friend Franz...
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Waltz op. 64 no. 2
Waltz in C-sharp minor is the second work of Chopin's opus 64 and the companion to the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). It consists of three main themes:
The overall layout of the piece is A B C B A B. The piece ends with a fade-out rather than the...
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Piano Concerto No. 1
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was composed in 1830. It was first performed on 11 October of that year, in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist, during one of his "farewell" concerts before leaving...
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat Minor
Frédéric Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 mainly in 1839 at Nohant near Chateauroux in France, although the third movement, which comprises the funeral march had been composed as early as 1837.
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Piano Concerto No. 2
Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, was composed in 1830, before he had finished his formal education — he was around 20 years old. It was first performed on March 17, 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist. It...
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Polonaise in A-flat major
The Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 or (French: Polonaise héroïque, Heroic Polonaise) for solo piano was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1842. This masterpiece is one of Chopin's most popular compositions and has always been a favorite of the...
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Preludes Op. 28
Frédéric Chopin wrote a number of preludes for piano solo, most famously his 24 Preludes, Op. 28.
Chopin's preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839 and dedicated to...
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Nocturne in G Minor
The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The third nocturne of the set, in G minor, is one of Chopin's most famous. Its playability has made it a favourite amongst students and masters...
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Ballade No.1 in G minor
The Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 is the first of Frédéric Chopin's four ballades for solo piano. It was composed in 1835-36 during the composer's early days in Paris and is dedicated to "Monsieur le Baron de Stockhausen," Hanoverian ambassador...
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Waltz in E minor
The Waltz in E minor is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was composed circa 1830 and published in 1868.
It was the first of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given a posthumous opus number. It appears in Brown's...
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor
Frédéric Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 in 1844 and dedicated it to Countess Emilie de Perthuis. His last sonata for solo piano, it has been suggested that this was his attempt to address the criticisms of his earlier...
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor
The Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 by Frédéric Chopin was written by the composer in 1828. It was written during Chopin's time as a student with Józef Elsner, to whom the sonata is dedicated. (Probably begun around July 1828, according to the...
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Impromptu No. 3
Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51, for piano, was published in February 1843. It was the last in order of composition of his four impromptus, but the third published.
The piece is written in 12/8 time.
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Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major
The Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 is Chopin's third ballade, dating from 1841. It is dedicated to Mlle. de Noailles. The ballade takes from six to eight minutes to play. The long ending is typical of Romantic music, though the last ending is...
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Études
The études by Frédéric Chopin are three sets of solo studies for the piano, There are 27 overall, comprising two separate collections of twelve, numbered Opus 10 and 25, and a set of three without opus number.
The Chopin etudes are the foundation of...
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Opus 69 No 1
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, is a waltz by Frédéric Chopin, It is also called The Farewell Waltz or Valse de l'adieu.
The waltz was originally written as a farewell piece to Maria Wodzińska, to whom Chopin was once engaged. This autographed...
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Etude Op. 10, No. 5
Étude Op. 10, No. 5, in G-flat major, also known as the Black Key Étude, is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. This work is characteristic for the arpeggios played with the right hand, almost exclusively on black keys except in...
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Waltz in E major, Op. posth.
Frédéric Chopin's Waltz in E major is one of his lesser known waltzes, discovered in his folder containing musical works that he did not want to be published.
It was written in c. 1830 and published in 1871-72. It was the second of Chopin's...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 5
Étude Op. 25, No. 5, in E minor, is an étude composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1837. Marking a serious departure in the expected technique developed by études, Chopin wrote this étude with a series of quick minor seconds that produce slightly dissonant...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 1
Étude Op. 10, No.1 in C major, composed by Frédéric Chopin, is a technical study in reach and arpeggios for the piano. It also focuses on stretching the fingers. Sometimes it is known as the "Waterfall" étude. It was composed in 1829, and first...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 2
Étude Op. 10, No. 2, in A minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin for the piano. This étude is an exercise in developing the weaker fingers of the right hand by indicating a rapid chromatic scale to be played with the third, fourth,...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 3
Étude Op. 10 No. 3, in E major, is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin. This is a slow cantabile study, in which the right hand must maintain a singing tone in the melody whilst contributing to the accompaniment.
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Étude Op. 10, No. 4
Étude Op. 10, No. 4, in C-sharp minor, is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. This study is written with a very quick tempo, continual sixteenth notes (semiquavers), and rapid voice fluctuations. Although the étude is technically...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 11
Étude Op. 25, No. 11, also known as the 'Winter Wind', is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. It was first published along with the other études in opus 25 in 1837, in France, Germany, and England. The first French edition...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 12
Étude Op. 25, No. 12 is the last of Frédéric Chopin's formal studies for the Piano, opus 25, dedicated to Madame the Countess d'Agoult. The étude was first published in 1837 in French, German, and English. In the first French edition the time...
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Nocturne in B-flat minor
The Nocturnes, Op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1832 and dedicated to Madame Camille Pleyel. The work was published in 1833.
This nocturne has a rhythmic freedom that came to characterise Chopin’s later...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 10
Étude Op. 25, No. 10 is a solo piano study in B minor, composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1835.
This étude features many unique aspects not present in most others in Chopin's études, including a significant and distinctive ternary form. The first theme...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 7
Étude Op. 25, No. 7 is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1834. Markedly different from Chopin's overall scheme of technical virtuosity, this étude focuses instead on perfect sound and phrasing, particularly for the left hand.
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Ballade in F major
Frédéric Chopin's four Ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1835 and 1842 in various parts of France and Spain. They are some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire.
The term "ballade" was...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 1
Étude Op. 25, No. 1 is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836, and published in 1837. Its romanticized names are "Aeolian Harp," for Schumann's description of it, and "The Shepherd Boy," for Chopin's advice to a pupil to picture a...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 6
Étude Op. 10, No. 6, in E-flat minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano. This étude focuses on enhancing phrasing and melodic structure through difficult passages with many accidentals. The tempo Andante indicates a...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 7
Étude Op. 10, No. 7 is a solo piano étude composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833.
This étude is played Vivace, in very quick time. Composed with three sections, this étude conforms with most of the others. The first theme is embellished by the left...
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Ballade in F minor
The Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 is the fourth and final of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's ballades for solo piano. It was composed in 1842 in Paris, France and Nohant, France and revised in 1843. The work was dedicated to Baron Nathaniel de...
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Barcarolle Op. 60 in F-sharp Major
The Barcarole in F sharp major, Op. 60 is a piece for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed from the autumn of 1845 to the summer of 1846. Written in the barcarole form, it features a sweepingly romantic and slightly wistful tone. Most of the...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 9
Étude Op. 25, No. 9, in G-flat major, "Butterfly" is an étude by Frederic Chopin. The title "Butterfly" was not given by Chopin (as is true for all Chopin pieces with such titles); however Arthur Friedheim said, "while some titles were superfluous,...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 8
Étude Op. 10, No. 8 in F major is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It has been nicknamed the "Sunshine" etude. This work follows on from No.7 as being primarily another work concerned with counterpoint. In this case, however, the...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 9
Étude Op. 10, No. 9, in F minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. This étude is part of the twelve studies which belong to Op. 10. It is widely regarded as a good left hand etude because it promotes flexibility in the wrists...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 10
Étude Op. 10, No. 10, in A-flat major, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. This étude places huge demands on the performer in varying a single pattern by changes of accent and touch. Chopin’s primary concern in this work is for the...
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Étude Op. 10, No. 11
Étude Op. 10, No. 11, in E-flat major, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is sometimes given the tiles Arpeggio-Study, and Guitar-Study. The chief difficulty addressed in this piece is the performance of extended arpeggiated chords...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 2
Étude Op. 25, No. 2, in F minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is based on a polyrhythm, with pairs of eighth-note (quaver) triplets in the right hand against quarter-note (crotchet) triplets in the left.
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Étude Op. 25, No. 3
Étude Op. 25, No. 3, in F major, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. The romanticized nickname of this piece (not given by Chopin, who thought that idea was repulsive) is "The Horseman" or "The Knight", probably because of its ...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 4
Étude Op. 25, No. 4 in A minor is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is marked Agitato at the head. The technique explored in this piece is the performance of off-beat staccato chords set against a regular on-beat bass. This is an...
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Étude Op. 25, No. 6
Étude Op. 25, No. 6, in G-sharp minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. The etude focuses on thirds, trilling them at a high speed. At one point both hands play a chromatic thirds scale.
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Étude Op. 25, No. 8
Étude Op. 25, No. 8, in D-flat major, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin.
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3 Études, No. 1
The first of Chopin's Trois Nouvelles Etudes composed in 1839 as a contribution to Méthode des méthodes de piano, a piano instruction book by Ignaz Moscheles and François-Joseph Fétis, this intimate piece in F minor develops students' facility with...
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3 Études, No. 2
The second of Chopin's Trois Nouvelles Études composed in 1839 as a contribution to Méthode des méthodes de piano, a piano instruction book by Ignaz Moscheles and François-Joseph Fétis, this piece in A-flat major develops students' facility with 2...
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3 Études, No. 3
The third and last of Chopin's Trois Nouvelles Études composed in 1839 as a contribution to Méthode des méthodes de piano, a piano instruction book by Ignaz Moscheles and François-Joseph Fétis, this piece in D-flat major is probably the most...
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Fantaisie in F minor
Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, was composed in 1841, when he was 31 years old.
The Fantaisie in F-minor of Frederic Chopin is a single-movement work for the piano.
This work belongs to the Fantasy form, and takes from it certain...
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Impromptu in A-flat major
Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 was composed in 1837. It contains highly sophisticated musical style and is regarded as difficult for many pianists to perform.
The Impromptu is in three parts, the middle being in the key of...
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Impromptu in F-sharp major
Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 was composed in 1839 and published in the following year. The dolcissimo melody occurs throughout the piece and there is an indefinite tonality.
The Impromptu begins with a nocturne-esque...
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Polonaise in A major
The twin Op. 40 Polonaises of the Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, nicknamed the Military Polonaise, and the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1838. The first polonaise is better known than the second.
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Polonaise in F-sharp minor
The Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44 is a solo piano composition by Frédéric Chopin composed in 1841. It is often called the "tragic" polonaise.
The polonaise is in ternary form, with a central Mazurka section in A major.
This composition is used...
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Cello Sonata
Frédéric Chopin wrote his Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote)....
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Scherzo No. 2
The Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 is a scherzo by Frédéric Chopin. The work was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adele Fürstensein. Schumann compared this scherzo to a Byronic poem, "so overflowing with...
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Polonaises Op. 26
The Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 and the Polonaise in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. Both of them were dedicated to Josef Dessauer. Both Polonaises require considerable technique and stamina to...
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Polonaises Op. 71
The three Polonaises Op. 71 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in his earlier days, possibly as early as 1820.
After the death of the composer, Julian Fontana had made up their summaries and publications. These works were published in 1855.
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Polonaises Op. posth.
The Polonaises Op. posth[umous] include Frédéric Chopin's polonaises that were unpublished during his life.
The composer's first works were composed when he was seven years old; his father Nikolas Chopin published these works on behalf of his son....
