List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

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

Chopin at 25, by Maria Wodzińska, 1835

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 scherzi, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarole 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, rondos, and nocturnes taking a substantial portion of recorded and performed music. Two important collections are the Études, Op. 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).

The last opus number Chopin used was 65, that allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor. He expressed a death-bed wish that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. However, at the request of the composer's mother and sisters, Julian Fontana selected 23 unpublished piano pieces and grouped them into eight opus numbers (Op. 66–73). These works were published in 1855.^[1] In 1857, the known 17 Polish songs that had been written at various stages throughout Chopin's life were collected and published as Op. 74, the order of the songs within that opus having little regard for their actual order of composition.^[2] Other songs have since come to light, but they are not part of Op. 74. Works that were published or have come to light since 1857 were not given opus numbers, and alternate catalogue designations are used for them.

Works with opus numbers

Published during Chopin's lifetime

• Op. 1, Rondo in C minor (1825)
• Op. 2, Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, in B-flat major, for piano and orchestra (1827)
• Op. 3, Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major for cello and piano (1829)
• Op. 5, Rondo à la mazur in F major (1826)
• Op. 6, 4 Mazurkas (1830)
  • No. 1 in F-sharp minor
  • No. 2 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 3 in E major
  • No. 4 in E-flat minor
• Op. 7, 5 Mazurkas (1830–1831)
  • No. 1 in B-flat major
  • No. 2 in A minor
  • No. 3 in F minor
  • No. 4 in A-flat major
  • No. 5 in C major
• Op. 8, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor (1829)
• Op. 9, 3 Nocturnes (1830–1831)
  • No. 1 in B-flat minor
  • No. 2 in E-flat major
  • No. 3 in B major
• Op. 10, 12 Études (1829–1832)
  • No. 1 in C major ("Waterfall") (1830)
  • No. 2 in A minor ("Chromatic") (1830)
  • No. 3 in E major ("Tristesse") (1832)
  • No. 4 in C-sharp minor ("Torrent") (1832)
  • No. 5 in G-flat major ("Black Key") (1830)
  • No. 6 in E-flat minor ("Lament") (1830)
  • No. 7 in C major ("Toccata")(1832)
  • No. 8 in F major ("Sunshine") (1829)
  • No. 9 in F minor (1829)
  • No. 10 in A-flat major (1829)
  • No. 11 in E-flat major ("Arpeggio") (1829)
  • No. 12 in C minor ("Revolutionary") (1831)
• Op. 11, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor (1830)
• Op. 12, Variations brillantes on "Je vends des Scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, in B-flat major (1833)
• Op. 13, Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major (1828)
• Op. 14, Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major (1828)
• Op. 15, 3 Nocturnes (1830–1833)
  • No. 1 in F major (1830–1831)
  • No. 2 in F-sharp major (1830–1831)
  • No. 3 in G minor (1833)
• Op. 16, Rondo in E-flat major (1832)
• Op. 17, 4 Mazurkas (1832–1833)
  • No. 1 in B-flat major
  • No. 2 in E minor
  • No. 3 in A-flat major
  • No. 4 in A minor
• Op. 18, Grande valse brillante in E-flat major (1831)
• Op. 19, Bolero (1833)
• Op. 20, Scherzo No. 1 in B minor (1831)
• Op. 21, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor (1829–1830)
• Op. 22, Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major (the polonaise section orchestrated 1830-31; piano solo 1834)
• Op. 23, Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1831–1835)
• Op. 24, 4 Mazurkas (1834–1835)
  • No. 1 in G minor
  • No. 2 in C major
  • No. 3 in A-flat major
  • No. 4 in B-flat minor
• Op. 25, 12 Études (1832–1836)
  • No. 1 in A-flat major ("Aeolian Harp") (1836)
  • No. 2 in F minor ("Bees") (1836)
  • No. 3 in F major ("The Horseman") (1836)
  • No. 4 in A minor ("Paganini")(1832–1834)
  • No. 5 in E minor ("Wrong Note") (1832–1834)
  • No. 6 in G-sharp minor ("Thirds") (1832–1834)
  • No. 7 in C-sharp minor ("Cello") (1836)
  • No. 8 in D-flat major ("Sixths") (1832–1834)
  • No. 9 in G-flat major ("Butterfly") (1832–1834)
  • No. 10 in B minor ("Octaves") (1832–1834)
  • No. 11 in A minor ("Winter Wind") (1834)
  • No. 12 in C minor ("Ocean") (1836)
• Op. 26, 2 Polonaises (1834–1835)
  • No. 1 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 2 in E-flat minor
• Op. 27, 2 Nocturnes (1835)
  • No. 1 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 2 in D-flat major
• Op. 28, 24 Preludes (1836–1839)
  • No. 1 in C major (1839)
  • No. 2 in A minor (1838)
  • No. 3 in G major (1838–1839)
  • No. 4 in E minor (1838)
  • No. 5 in D major (1838–1839)
  • No. 6 in B minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 7 in A major (1836)
  • No. 8 in F-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 9 in E major (1838–1839)
  • No. 10 in C-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 11 in B major (1838–1839)
  • No. 12 in G-sharp minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 13 in F-sharp major (1838–1839)
  • No. 14 in E-flat minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 15 in D-flat major ("Raindrop") (1838–1839)
  • No. 16 in B-flat minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 17 in A-flat major (1836)
  • No. 18 in F minor (1838–1839)
  • No. 19 in E-flat major (1838–1839)
  • No. 20 in C minor ("Chord" or "Funeral March") (1838–1839)
  • No. 21 in B-flat major (1838–1839)
  • No. 22 in G minor (1836–1839)
  • No. 23 in F major (1838–1839)
  • No. 24 in D minor (1838–1839)
• Op. 29, Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major (1837)
• Op. 30, 4 Mazurkas (1836–1837)
  • No. 1 in C minor
  • No. 2 in B minor
  • No. 3 in D-flat major
  • No. 4 in C-sharp minor
• Op. 31, Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor (1837)
• Op. 32, 2 Nocturnes (1836–1837)
  • No. 1 in B major (1836–1837)
  • No. 2 in A-flat major (1836–1837)
• Op. 33, 4 Mazurkas (1837–1838)
  • No. 1 in G-sharp minor
  • No. 2 in C major
  • No. 3 in D major
  • No. 4 in B minor
• Op. 34, 3 Waltzes (1831–1838)
  • No. 1 in A-flat major (1835)
  • No. 2 in A minor (1831)
  • No. 3 in F major (1838)
• Op. 35, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor ("Funeral March") (1839)
  • First Movement: Grave. Doppio movimento
  • Second Movement: Scherzo
  • Third Movement: Marche funèbre. Lento (1837)
  • Fourth Movement: Finale: Presto
• Op. 36, Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major (1839)
• Op. 37, 2 Nocturnes (1838–1839)
  • No. 1 in G minor (1838)
  • No. 2 in G major (1839)
• Op. 38, Ballade No. 2 in F major (1836–1839)
• Op. 39, Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor (1839)
• Op. 40, 2 Polonaises (1838–1839)
  • No. 1 in A major ("Military") (1838)
  • No. 2 in C minor (1838–1839)
• Op. 41 4 Mazurkas (1838–1839)
  • No. 1 in E minor (1838)
  • No. 2 in B major (1839)
  • No. 3 in A-flat major (1839)
  • No. 4 in C-sharp minor (1839)
• Op. 42, Waltz in A-flat major (1840)
• Op. 43, Tarantelle in A-flat major (1841)
• Op. 44, Polonaise in F-sharp minor (1841)
• Op. 45, Prelude in C-sharp minor (1841)
• Op. 46, Allegro de concert in A major (1832–1841)
• Op. 47, Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major (1840–1841)
• Op. 48, 2 Nocturnes (1841)
  • No. 1 in C minor
  • No. 2 in F-sharp minor
• Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor (1841)
• Op. 50, 3 Mazurkas (1841–1842)
  • No. 1 in G major
  • No. 2 in A-flat major
  • No. 3 in C-sharp minor
• Op. 51, Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major (1842)
• Op. 52, Ballade No. 4 in F minor (1842)
• Op. 53, Polonaise in A-flat major ("Heroic") (1842)
• Op. 54, Scherzo No. 4 in E major (1842)
• Op. 55, 2 Nocturnes (1843)
  • No. 1 in F minor
  • No. 2 in E-flat major
• Op. 56, 3 Mazurkas (1843)
  • No. 1 in B major
  • No. 2 in C major
  • No. 3 in C minor
• Op. 57, Berceuse in D-flat major (1843)
• Op. 58, Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor (1844)
  • First Movement: Allegro Maestoso
  • Second Movement: Scherzo: Molto vivace
  • Third Movement: Largo
  • Fourth Movement: Finale: Presto non Tanto
• Op. 59, 3 Mazurkas (1845)
  • No. 1 in A minor
  • No. 2 in A-flat major
  • No. 3 in F-sharp minor
• Op. 60, Barcarole in F-sharp major (1845–1846)
• Op. 61, Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major (1845–1846)
• Op. 62, 2 Nocturnes (1846)
  • No. 1 in B major
  • No. 2 in E major
• Op. 63, 3 Mazurkas (1846)
  • No. 1 in B major
  • No. 2 in F minor
  • No. 3 in C-sharp minor
• Op. 64, 3 Waltzes (1846–1847)
  • No. 1 in D-flat major ("Minute Waltz")
  • No. 2 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 3 in A-flat major (c. 1840 (some sources say 1847))
• Op. 65, Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor (1845–1846)

Published posthumously

• Op. posth. 4, Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor (1828)
  • First Movement: Allegro Maestoso
  • Second Movement: Menuetto
  • Third Movement: Larghetto
  • Fourth Movement: Finale: Presto
• Op. posth. 66, Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor (1835)
• Op. posth. 67, 4 Mazurkas (1835–1849)
  • No. 1 in G major (1835)
  • No. 2 in G minor (1849)
  • No. 3 in C major (1835)
  • No. 4 in A minor (1846)
• Op. posth. 68, 4 Mazurkas (1827–1849)
  • No. 1 in C major (1829)
  • No. 2 in A minor (1827)
  • No. 3 in F major (1829)
  • No. 4 in F minor (1849) (Last Composition)
• Op. posth. 69, 2 Waltzes (1829–1835)
  • No. 1 in A-flat major, Valse de l'adieu (1835)
  • No. 2 in B minor (1829)
• Op. posth. 70, 3 Waltzes (1829–1841)
  • No. 1 in G-flat major (1833)
  • No. 2 in F minor (1841)
  • No. 3 in D-flat major (1829)
• Op. posth. 71, 3 Polonaises (1825–1828)
  • No. 1 in D minor (1825)
  • No. 2 in B-flat major (1828)
  • No. 3 in F minor (1828)
• Op. posth. 72, (1826–1827)
  • No. 1 Nocturne in E minor (1827)
  • No. 2 Funeral March (Marche Funebre) c minor (1827)
  • No. 3 3 Écossaises (1826)
    • No. 3a in D major
    • No. 3b in G major
    • No. 3c in D-flat major
• Op. posth. 73, Rondo in C major (versions for solo piano and two pianos) (1828)
• Op. posth. 74, 17 Polish Songs (1829–1847)
  • 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 Melody (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)

Works without opus numbers

Note: Because different catalogue numbering systems have applied to the following works, they are ordered by year of publication.

Published during Chopin's lifetime

• 1817: Polonaise in G minor, B. 1, KK IIa/1, S 1/1 (written 1817)
• 1826: 2 Mazurkas (G major, B-flat major), B. 16, KK IIa/2-3, S 1/2 (1826)
• 1833: Grand Duo concertant for Cello and Piano in E (written jointly with Auguste Franchomme, B. 70, KK IIb/2, S 2/1 (1832)
• 1839: Variation No. 6 in E from Hexameron, B. 113, S 2/2 (1837)
• 1840: Trois nouvelles études (F minor, A-flat major, D-flat major), B. 130, KK IIb/3, S 2/3 (1839)
• 1841: Mazurka in A minor, Émile Gaillard, B. 140, KK IIb/5, S 2/5 (1840)
• 1841: Mazurka in A minor, Notre Temps, B. 134, KK IIb/4, S 2/4(1841)

Published posthumously

• 1851: Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un lied allemand en mi majeur, B. 14, KK IVa/4, P 1/4 (1826)
• 1856: Song Jakież kwiaty, jakie wianki, in C major, B. 39, KK IVa/9, P 1/9 (1829)
• 1864: Polonaise in G-sharp minor, B. 6, KK IVa/3, P 1/3 (1822)
• 1868: Waltz in E minor, B. 56, KK IVa/15, P 1/15 (1830)
• 1870: Polonaise in G-flat major, B. 36, KK IVa/8, P 1/8 (1829)
• 1870: Mazurka in C, B. 82, KK IVb/3, P 2/3 (1833)
• 1871: Waltz in E major, B. 44, KK IVa/12, P 1/12 (1829)
• 1875: 2 Mazurkas (G major, B-flat major), B. 16, KK. IIa/2-3, S 1/2 (1826; these are the original versions of these works; their revised versions were originally published in the year of their composition, 1826, without opus numbers)
• 1875: Mazurka in D, B. 31, KK IVa/7, P 1/7 (1829)
• 1875: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Lento con gran espressione, B. 49, KK IVa/16, P 1/16 (1830)
• 1879: Polonaise in B-flat minor. Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg, B. 13, KK IVa/5, P 1/5 (1826)
• 1881: Variations in A: « Souvenir de Paganini », B. 37, KK IVa/10, P 1/10 (1829)
• 1898: Fugue in A minor, B. 144, KK IVc/2, P 3/1 (1841–1842)
• 1902: Polonaise in A-flat major, B. 5, KK IVa/2, P 1/2 (1821)
• 1902: Waltz in A-flat major, B. 21, KK IVa/13, P 1/13 (1827)
• 1902: Waltz in E-flat major, B. 46, KK IVa/14, P 1/14 (1829–1830)
• 1909: Mazurka in B-flat major, B. 73, KK IVb/1, P 2/1 (1832)
• 1910: Mazurka in D major (Mazurek), B. 4, KK Anh. Ia/1, A 1/1 (1820)
• 1910: Song "Rêverie" (Dumka, Mist Before My Eyes), A minor, B. 132, KK IVb/9, P 2/9 (1840)
• 1910: Moderato in E major « Feuille d'album » (Album Leaf), B. 151, KK IVb/12, P 2/12 (1843)
• 1918: Prelude in A-flat major (ded. Pierre Wolff), B. 86, KK. IVb/7, P 2/7 (1834)
• 1930: Mazurka in A-flat major, B. 85, KK. IVb/4, P 2/4 (1834)
• 1930: Prelude and Andantino animato, in F major, KK Anh Ia/2-3, A 1/2-3 (doubtful)
• 1931: Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84, KK IVb/6
• 1932: Waltz in F-sharp minor, Valse mélancolique, KK Ib/7, A 1/7 (spurious)
• 1938: Largo in E-flat major, B. 109, KK. IVb/5
• 1938: Nocturne in C minor, B. 108, KK IVb/8, P 2/8 (1837)
• 1943: Contredanse in G-flat major, B. 17. KK Anh Ia/4, A 1/4 (1826; doubtful)
• 1947: Polonaise in B-flat major, B. 3, KK IVa/1, P 1/1 (1817)
• 1948: Canon in F minor, B. 129b, KK IVc/1
• 1954: Song "Czary" (Enchantement), in D minor, B. 51, KK IVa/11, P 1/11 (1830; a facsimile version had been published in 1910)
• 1955: Variations in E major for flute and piano on the air "Non piu mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B. 9, KK Anh. Ia/5, A 1/5 (1824; spurious)
• 1955: "Sostenuto" (a.k.a. Klavierstück; Waltz) in E-flat major, B. 133, KK IVb/10, P 2/10 (1840)
• 1955: Waltz in A minor, B. 150, KK IVb/11, P 2/11 (1843)
• 1965: Introduction, Thème et Variations sur un air vénitien, in D major, for piano 4-hands, B.12a, KK IVa/6 (1826)
• 1968: Bourrée No. 1 in G major, B. 160b/1, KK VIIb/1, D 2/1 (1848)
• 1968: Bourrée No. 2 in A major, B. 160b/2, KK VIIb/2, D 2/2 (1846)
• ?: Galop A flat (Galop Marquis), KK IVc/13, P 2/13 (1846)
• ?: Nocturne in C sharp minor (Nocturne oublié), KK Anh Ia/6, A1/6 (spurious)
• ?: Introduction, Thème et Variations sur un thème de Thomas Moore en ré majeur in D, P 1/6 (1826)
• ?: Mazurka in D, P 2/2 (1832)
• ?: Klavierstück in E-flat major, P 2/5 (1837)
• ?: Klavierstück in B-flat major, P 2/6 (1834)
• ?: Prelude in E-flat minor, Devil's Trill

See also

• List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre

References

1. Piano Society
2. Classical Archives