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The '''''[[Waltz]]es'' by [[Frédéric Chopin]]''' are among his happiest inspirations. Many of them are accessible by pianists of moderate capabilities.
#REDIRECT [[List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin]]

There are 35 separate compositions that are of interest to students of the Chopin waltzes.

Chopin published 8 waltzes in his lifetime. A further 5 were published in the decade following his death, and since then a further 7 have been published. Of these, 2 are considered spurious or doubtful. This brings the total to 18 canonical waltzes, although it is not usual to number these past the first 14.

The 18 waltzes include a piece that was untitled; it is in 3/4 time with the tempo indication ''Sostenuto'', and it has some of the characteristics of a waltz, so it is often (but not universally) catalogued with the waltzes.

In addition, there remain:
* 2 extant waltzes in private hands and unavailable to researchers
* 7 waltzes believed destroyed
* 3 waltzes believed lost
* 5 waltzes of which documentary evidence exists but the MSS are not known to be extant.

==List of Waltzes by Chopin==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!Series <br>number
!Key
!Composed
!Published
!Opus Number
!Brown
!Kobylańska
!Chominski
!Dedication
!Notes
|-
| align="center"|1
| E flat major
| 1831-32
| 1834 (June)
| Op. 18
| B.62
|
|
| Laura Horsford
| ''Grande valse brillante''; used in ''[[Les Sylphides]]''
|-
| align="center"|2
| A flat major
| 1835
| 1838
| Op. 34/1
| B.94
|
|
| Josefine von Thun-Hohenstein
| ''Grande valse brillante''
|-
| align="center"|3
| A minor
| 1834
| 1838
| Op. 34/2
| B.64
|
|
| Baroness G. d'Ivry
| ''Grande valse brillante''
|-
| align="center"|4
| F major
| 1838
| 1838
| Op. 34/3
| B.118
|
|
| Mlle. A. d'Eichtal
| ''Grande valse brillante''
|-
| align="center"|5
| A flat major
| 1840
| 1840
| Op. 42
| B.131
|
|
|
| ''Grande valse''
|-
| align="center"|6
| D flat major
| 1847
| 1847
| Op. 64/1
| B.164/1
|
|
| Countess Delphine Potocka
| ''Minute Waltz''
|-
| align="center"|7
| C sharp minor
| 1847
| 1847
| Op. 64/2
| B.164/2
|
|
| Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild (= Charlotte de Rothschild)
|
|-
| align="center"|8
| A flat major
| 1847
| 1847
| Op. 64/3
| B.164/3
|
|
| Countess Katarzyna Branicka (or Bronicka)
|
|-
| align="center"|9
| A flat
| 1835 (24 September)
| 1852
| Op. posth. 69/1
| B.95
|
|
| Charlotte de Rothschild, Mme Peruzzi & Maria Wodzinska
| ''L'adieu''
|-
| align="center"|10
| B minor
| 1829
| 1852
| Op. posth. 69/2
| B.35
|
|
| Wilhelm Kolberg
|
|-
| align="center"|11
| G flat major
| 1832
| 1855
| Op. posth. 70/1
| B.92
|
|
|
| Used in ''[[Les Sylphides]]''
|-
| align="center"|12
| F minor/A flat major
| 1841 (June)
| 1855
| Op. posth. 70/2
| B.138
|
|
| Marie de Krudner, Mme. Oury, Élise Gavard & Countess Esterházy
|
|-
| align="center"|13
| D flat major
| 1829 (3 October)
| 1855
| Op. posth. 70/3
| B.40
|
|
|
|
|-
| align="center"|14
| E minor
| 1829 (? 1830-35)
| 1868
| -
| B.56
| KK IVa/15
| P1/15
|
|
|-
| align="center"|-
| E major
| 1829-30
| 1871-72
| -
| B.44
| KK IVa/12
| P1/12
|
|
|-
| align="center"|-
| A flat major
| 1827-30
| 1902
| -
| B.21
| KK IVa/13
| P1/13
| Emily Elsner
|
|-
| align="center"|-
| E flat major
| 1827-30
| 1902
| -
| B.46
| KK IV1/14
| P1/14
| Emily Elsner
| '''Spurious'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| E flat major
| 1840
| 1955
| -
| B.133
| KK IVb/10
|
| Émile Gaillard
| Headed "Sostenuto"; not always classified as a waltz
|-
| align="center"|-
| A minor
| 1847-49
| 1955, 1958
| -
| B.150
| KK IVb/11
| P2/11
|
| Unedited edition pub. Paris 1955; ed. Jack Werner 1958
|-
| align="center"|-
| F sharp minor
| 1838 (?)
| 1932
| -
|
| KK Ib/7
| A1/7
|
| ''Valse mélancolique''; '''spurious'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| B flat major
| 1849
| -
| -
|
|
|
|
| Discovered 1952; in possession of Arthur Hedley
|-
| align="center"|-
| A minor
| 1829
| -
| -
|
|
|
|
| Discovered 1937; was in possession of H. Hinterberger of Vienna, but now '''believed destroyed'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| C major
| 1826
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/3
|
|
| MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| A flat major
| 1827
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/4
|
|
| MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| A flat major
| 1829-30 (by 21 December 1830)
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/5
|
|
| MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| D minor
| 1828
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/6
|
|
| ''La Partenza''; MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| E flat major
| 1829-30
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/7
|
|
| MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| C major
| 1831
| -
| -
|
|
|
|
| MS '''destroyed'''; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
|-
| align="center"|-
| A flat major
| 1830 (? December)
| ?
| -
|
|
|
|
| Mentioned in a letter from Chopin to his family, 12/21 December 1830
|-
| align="center"|-
| ?
| ?
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/7
|
|
| Mentioned in letters from Breitkopf to Izabela Barcinska in 1878
|-
| align="center"|-
| ?
| ?
| -
| -
| -
| KK Ve/10
|
|
| Listed in auction catalogue, Paris, March 1906
|-
| align="center"|-
| ?
| ?
| -
| -
| -
| KK Vf
|
|
| Several waltzes; '''lost'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| C major
| 1824 (?)
| -
| -
|
| KK Vb/8
|
|
| '''Lost'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| A minor
| 1824
| -
| -
| -
| KK Vf
|
| Countess Lubienska
| '''Lost'''
|-
| align="center"|-
| A minor
| 1829 (?)
| -
| -
| -
| -
|
|
| Sketches for a brief prelude and main theme
|-
| align="center"|-
| ?
| 1845 (by)
| -
| -
| -
| KK Ve/12
|
|
| Mentioned in diary of L. Niedzwiecki
|-
| align="center"|-
| B major
| 1848 (12 October)
| -
| -
| B.166
| KK Va/3
|
| Mrs Erskine
| MS in private hands and unavailable
|}

[[Category:Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin| ]]

Revision as of 14:15, 3 January 2010

The Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin are among his happiest inspirations. Many of them are accessible by pianists of moderate capabilities.

There are 35 separate compositions that are of interest to students of the Chopin waltzes.

Chopin published 8 waltzes in his lifetime. A further 5 were published in the decade following his death, and since then a further 7 have been published. Of these, 2 are considered spurious or doubtful. This brings the total to 18 canonical waltzes, although it is not usual to number these past the first 14.

The 18 waltzes include a piece that was untitled; it is in 3/4 time with the tempo indication Sostenuto, and it has some of the characteristics of a waltz, so it is often (but not universally) catalogued with the waltzes.

In addition, there remain:

  • 2 extant waltzes in private hands and unavailable to researchers
  • 7 waltzes believed destroyed
  • 3 waltzes believed lost
  • 5 waltzes of which documentary evidence exists but the MSS are not known to be extant.

List of Waltzes by Chopin

Series
number 		Key Composed Published Opus Number Brown Kobylańska Chominski Dedication Notes
1 E flat major 1831-32 1834 (June) Op. 18 B.62 Laura Horsford Grande valse brillante; used in Les Sylphides
2 A flat major 1835 1838 Op. 34/1 B.94 Josefine von Thun-Hohenstein Grande valse brillante
3 A minor 1834 1838 Op. 34/2 B.64 Baroness G. d'Ivry Grande valse brillante
4 F major 1838 1838 Op. 34/3 B.118 Mlle. A. d'Eichtal Grande valse brillante
5 A flat major 1840 1840 Op. 42 B.131 Grande valse
6 D flat major 1847 1847 Op. 64/1 B.164/1 Countess Delphine Potocka Minute Waltz
7 C sharp minor 1847 1847 Op. 64/2 B.164/2 Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild (= Charlotte de Rothschild)
8 A flat major 1847 1847 Op. 64/3 B.164/3 Countess Katarzyna Branicka (or Bronicka)
9 A flat 1835 (24 September) 1852 Op. posth. 69/1 B.95 Charlotte de Rothschild, Mme Peruzzi & Maria Wodzinska L'adieu
10 B minor 1829 1852 Op. posth. 69/2 B.35 Wilhelm Kolberg
11 G flat major 1832 1855 Op. posth. 70/1 B.92 Used in Les Sylphides
12 F minor/A flat major 1841 (June) 1855 Op. posth. 70/2 B.138 Marie de Krudner, Mme. Oury, Élise Gavard & Countess Esterházy
13 D flat major 1829 (3 October) 1855 Op. posth. 70/3 B.40
14 E minor 1829 (? 1830-35) 1868 - B.56 KK IVa/15 P1/15
- E major 1829-30 1871-72 - B.44 KK IVa/12 P1/12
- A flat major 1827-30 1902 - B.21 KK IVa/13 P1/13 Emily Elsner
- E flat major 1827-30 1902 - B.46 KK IV1/14 P1/14 Emily Elsner Spurious
- E flat major 1840 1955 - B.133 KK IVb/10 Émile Gaillard Headed "Sostenuto"; not always classified as a waltz
- A minor 1847-49 1955, 1958 - B.150 KK IVb/11 P2/11 Unedited edition pub. Paris 1955; ed. Jack Werner 1958
- F sharp minor 1838 (?) 1932 - KK Ib/7 A1/7 Valse mélancolique; spurious
- B flat major 1849 - - Discovered 1952; in possession of Arthur Hedley
- A minor 1829 - - Discovered 1937; was in possession of H. Hinterberger of Vienna, but now believed destroyed
- C major 1826 - - KK Vb/3 MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- A flat major 1827 - - KK Vb/4 MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- A flat major 1829-30 (by 21 December 1830) - - KK Vb/5 MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- D minor 1828 - - KK Vb/6 La Partenza; MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- E flat major 1829-30 - - KK Vb/7 MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- C major 1831 - - MS destroyed; copy of front page made by Chopin's sister is extant
- A flat major 1830 (? December) ? - Mentioned in a letter from Chopin to his family, 12/21 December 1830
- ? ? - - KK Vb/7 Mentioned in letters from Breitkopf to Izabela Barcinska in 1878
- ? ? - - - KK Ve/10 Listed in auction catalogue, Paris, March 1906
- ? ? - - - KK Vf Several waltzes; lost
- C major 1824 (?) - - KK Vb/8 Lost
- A minor 1824 - - - KK Vf Countess Lubienska Lost
- A minor 1829 (?) - - - - Sketches for a brief prelude and main theme
- ? 1845 (by) - - - KK Ve/12 Mentioned in diary of L. Niedzwiecki
- B major 1848 (12 October) - - B.166 KK Va/3 Mrs Erskine MS in private hands and unavailable
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