Polonaises (Chopin)

Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise-Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. Among the best known polonaises are the "Military" Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1, and the "Heroic" Polonaise in A♭, Op. 53.

There is also the Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E♭, Op. 22, for piano and orchestra, which also exists in a solo piano version; and the Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3, for cello and piano.

Polonaises for solo piano

Chopin wrote at least 23 polonaises for piano solo. Of these:

• 7, including the Polonaise-Fantaisie, were published in his lifetime
• 3 were published posthumously with opus numbers
• 6 were published posthumously without opus numbers
• at least 7 are lost.

List of polonaises by Chopin

These are for solo piano unless otherwise indicated.

See also

• List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre
• List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

References