“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.
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 350082
Etüde E-Dur op. 10/3 (Tristesse)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1664955
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 851162
Instruktive Pegasus-Ausgabe nach dem Urtext herausgegeben von Andreas Wörth
for: Piano
Item no.: 1678360
As-Dur und h-Moll
Les Adieux
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 355988
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356000
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305686
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303231
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305662
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305705
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305665
Opus postum
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 138538
from Piano Sonata op. 35
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401346
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 266213
op. 23
for: Piano
Item no.: 356416
No. 3
Expansión Musical
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 368251
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1682149
Klassik
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1282246
Marsch
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282256
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301029
Collection Anacrouse
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1323931
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 239669
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664631
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 253527
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 247558
op. 10/12
for: Piano
Item no.: 247557
Edited from the autograph and first editions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 566120
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289402
Studien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664771
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132015
(Militaire)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289401
(Militaire)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689153
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664614
op. 10/3
for: Piano
Item no.: 229167
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 655306
Op. 25, Nr. 9
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283442
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277334
Grüne Reihe Edition Peters
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494132
Chopin – A New Critical Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 777037
Music box
Item no.: 636579
from the Sonata in B-Flat minor op. 39
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1349740
Précédée D'Un Andante Spianatoop. 22
for: Piano
Item no.: 1611155
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561993
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492991
Urtextausgabe, broschiert (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 486514
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561988
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622703