“Hats off, gentlemen, a genius” is how Robert Schumann begins his famous review of Chopin’s second opus. And he was right: The composer, pianist and piano teacher Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), born in Żelazowa Wola near Warsaw, is considered a revolutionary in piano playing due to his melodic, rhythmic and harmonic innovations. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his masterful works today.
Chopin’s work as a teacher still has an impact on today’s piano pedagogy, for example in his light touch playing technique, and in his use of the Bel Canto method as a model. The piano was his whole world, and there is no composition by Chopin that is not at least accompanied by piano.
Chopin’s mother was Polish, and his father was French, and in the Chopin Polonaises and Chopin Mazurkas, Chopin, who emigrated to France at the age of 21, expresses his love for his native Poland. He was one of the first composers in the 19th century to put a strong emphasis on national identity, along with composers like Edvard Grieg and Franz Liszt.
About 230 works by Chopin have survived, including the virtuoso Chopin Impromptus, Rondos by Chopin, and Chopin Waltzes.
Chopin died in Paris of tuberculosis, and at his expressed wish, his sister Ludwika brought his heart back to Poland, and it is housed in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 818841
National Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 646941
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554057
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612575
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163429
Opus Posth.
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 638159
Master Composer Library (Kjos)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 247873
Transkription
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 205530
Edited from the autographs, manuscript copies and original editions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132268
for: Flöte / Violine / Violoncello, Gitarre
Score, Parts
Item no.: 273974
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271267
Doppelnr. mit Hermann, J.: Künstler-Polonaise
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309833
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 269462
"Regentropfen"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356695
"Militär"op. 40/1
for: Piano
Item no.: 355993
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 491469
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 349414
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 455770
pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663865
Ballett (Les Sylphides)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358955
pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922256
Classic Composers
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972394
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046502
F#
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554187
Originalversion 1830
Repertoire explorer
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Study score
Item no.: 656548
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666241
op. 25/11
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356686
Edition Pro Salon
for: 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano (quintet)
Item no.: 178084
38 popular pieces in 2 books
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740363
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 340579
Belwin Classic Library
for: Piano
Item no.: 246201
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848946
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1541137
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206432
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 565748
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1186033
for: Piano
Item no.: 189170
An Alfred Masterworks Edition
for: Piano
Item no.: 335758
28 Famous Piano Pieces
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol. 2123
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665872
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 891982
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 891292
(Militaire)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689153
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 401269
Leben und Werk
Book (Hardcover), CD
Item no.: 577409
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561988
for: Piano, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308025
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580838
for: Oboe, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303276