A Guide to Frédéric Chopin's Music

Solo Piano Works An Introduction Frédéric Chopin's

Cello Sonata Chopin composed the Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello in the years 1845 to 1846. According to his letters, Chopin struggled to compo

Solo Piano Variations In addition to writing original solo piano works, Chopin also composed a few solo piano pieces based

Piano Sonatas Chopin composed three piano sonatas over his career. The first dates from Chopin’s teenage years and is rarely performed in public. It was dedicated to Jo?zef El

Piano Trio In 1829-1830, Paganini and Hummel visited Warsaw and gave Chopin a taste of a larger world of music and experience. The young composer soon left

Solo Songs We do not think of Chopin as a composer of vocal music; he didn’t write a single opera in the course of his career. But he did try his hand at songs for voice and pia

Piano 4-hand/two pianos Rondo for Two Pianos Op. 73 This early piece was orig

Miscellaneous Piano and Orchestra Chopin spent his late teens writing pieces that would help build his reputation as a promising young composer and pianist. To

Piano Concertos Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Piano Concerto No. 2 in

Media One of only two known photographs of Frédéric Chopin, taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. Source: Wikipedia