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Frédéric Chopin

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.

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
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Frédéric Chopin