Chopin, Frédéric

Born: Zelazowa Wola (near Warsaw), February 22, 1810

Died: Paris, October 17, 1849

Major Works:

• Orchestral Music:
  • 2 concertos for piano and orchestra

• Piano Music:
  • Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
  • Sonata No. 3 in B minor
  • 19 nocturnes
  • 24 etudes
  • 26 preludes
  • 13 waltzes
  • 4 ballads
  • 4 fantasias
  • 11 polonaises
  • 54 mazurkas

• Other Works:
  • Piano Trio
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano
  • Scherzos, Impromptus, Barcarolles, Rondos, Variations, Fantasie-Impromptu for piano

Source: Cross, Milton, and David Ewen. 1962. Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

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