List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number


, 1835
Most of Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, although he did compose two piano concertos as well as some other music for ensembles. His larger scale works such as sonatas, the four scherzi, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarole in F major, Op. 60 have cemented a solid place within the repertoire, as well as shorter works like his polonaises, mazurkas, waltzes, impromptus, rondos, and nocturnes taking a substantial portion of recorded and performed music. Two important collections are the Études, Op. 10 and 25, and the 24 Preludes, Op. 28. In addition, he wrote numerous song settings of Polish texts, and chamber pieces including a piano trio and a cello sonata.
This listing uses the traditional opus numbers where they apply; other works are identified by numbers from the catalogues of Maurice J. E. Brown, Krystyna Kobylańska, and Józef Michał Chomiński.
The last opus number Chopin used was 65, that allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor. He expressed a death-bed wish that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. This included the early Piano Sonata No. 1; Chopin had assigned the Opus number 4 to it in 1828, and had even dedicated it to his teacher Elsner, but chose not to publish it. In 1851, Tobias Haslinger published it as Op. 4. Then, at the request of the composer's mother and sisters, Julian Fontana selected 23 other unpublished piano pieces and grouped them into eight opus numbers. These works were published in 1855. In 1857, the known 17 Polish songs that had been written at various stages throughout Chopin's life were collected and published as Op. 74, the order of the songs within that opus having little regard for their actual order of composition. Other songs have since come to light, but they are not part of Op. 74. Works that were published or have come to light since 1857 were not given opus numbers, and alternate catalogue designations are used for them.

Works with opus numbers

Published during Chopin's lifetime

  1. Mazurka in F minor
  2. Mazurka in C minor
  3. Mazurka in E major
  4. Mazurka in E minor
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in A minor
  3. Mazurka in F minor
  4. Mazurka in A major
  5. Mazurka in C major
  1. Nocturne in B minor
  2. Nocturne in E major
  3. Nocturne in B major
  1. Étude in C major, Waterfall
  2. Étude in A minor, Chromatic
  3. Étude in E major, Tristesse, or L'adieu
  4. Étude in C minor, Torrent
  5. Étude in G major, Black Keys
  6. Étude in E minor, Lament
  7. Étude in C major, Toccata
  8. Étude in F major, Sunshine
  9. Étude in F minor
  10. Étude in A major
  11. Étude in E major, Arpeggio
  12. Étude in C minor, Revolutionary
  1. Nocturne in F major
  2. Nocturne in F major
  3. Nocturne in G minor
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in E minor
  3. Mazurka in A major
  4. Mazurka in A minor
  1. Mazurka in G minor
  2. Mazurka in C major
  3. Mazurka in A major
  4. Mazurka in B minor
  1. Étude in A major, Aeolian Harp, or Shepherd Boy
  2. Étude in F minor, The Bees
  3. Étude in F major, The Horseman
  4. Étude in A minor, Paganini
  5. Étude in E minor, Wrong Note
  6. Étude in G minor, Thirds
  7. Étude in C minor, Cello
  8. Étude in D major, Sixths
  9. Étude in G major, Butterfly
  10. Étude in B minor, Octave
  11. Étude in A minor, Winter Wind
  12. Étude in C minor, Ocean
  1. Polonaise in C minor
  2. Polonaise in E minor
  1. Nocturne in C minor
  2. Nocturne in D major
  1. Prelude in C major
  2. Prelude in A minor
  3. Prelude in G major
  4. Prelude in E minor
  5. Prelude in D major
  6. Prelude in B minor
  7. Prelude in A major
  8. Prelude in F minor
  9. Prelude in E major
  10. Prelude in C minor
  11. Prelude in B major
  12. Prelude in G minor
  13. Prelude in F major
  14. Prelude in E minor
  15. Prelude in D major, Raindrop
  16. Prelude in B minor
  17. Prelude in A major
  18. Prelude in F minor
  19. Prelude in E major
  20. Prelude in C minor, Chord or Funeral March
  21. Prelude in B major
  22. Prelude in G minor
  23. Prelude in F major
  24. Prelude in D minor
  1. Mazurka in C minor
  2. Mazurka in B minor
  3. Mazurka in D major
  4. Mazurka in C minor
  1. Nocturne in B major
  2. Nocturne in A major
  1. Mazurka in G minor
  2. Mazurka in D major
  3. Mazurka in C major
  4. Mazurka in B minor
  1. Waltz in A major
  2. Waltz in A minor
  3. Waltz in F major
  1. Nocturne in G minor
  2. Nocturne in G major
  1. Polonaise in A major, Military
  2. Polonaise in C minor, Funeral
  1. Mazurka in C minor
  2. Mazurka in E minor
  3. Mazurka in B major
  4. Mazurka in A major
  1. Nocturne in C minor
  2. Nocturne in F minor
  1. Mazurka in G major
  2. Mazurka in A major
  3. Mazurka in C minor
  1. Nocturne in F minor
  2. Nocturne in E major
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in C major
  3. Mazurka in C minor
  1. Mazurka in A minor
  2. Mazurka in A major
  3. Mazurka in F minor
  1. Nocturne in B major
  2. Nocturne in E major
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in F minor
  3. Mazurka in C minor
  1. Waltz in D major, Minute Waltz
  2. Waltz in C minor
  3. Waltz in A major
  1. Mazurka in G major
  2. Mazurka in G minor
  3. Mazurka in C major
  4. Mazurka in A minor
  1. Mazurka in C major
  2. Mazurka in A minor
  3. Mazurka in F major
  4. Mazurka in F minor
  1. Waltz in A major, L'Adieu
  2. Waltz in B minor
  1. Waltz in G major
  2. Waltz in F minor
  3. Waltz in D major
  1. Polonaise in D minor
  2. Polonaise in B major
  3. Polonaise in F minor
  1. Nocturne in E minor
  2. Marche funèbre in C minor
  3. Three Écossaises
  4. # Écossaise in D major
  5. # Écossaise in G major
  6. # Écossaise in D major
  1. "The Wish"
  2. "Spring"
  3. "The Sad River"
  4. "Merrymaking"
  5. "What She Likes"
  6. "Out of My Sight"
  7. "The Messenger"
  8. "Handsome Lad"
  9. "From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses "
  10. "The Warrior"
  11. "The Double-End"
  12. "My Darling"
  13. "I Want What I Have Not"
  14. "The Ring"
  15. "The Bridegroom"
  16. "Lithuanian Song"
  17. "Leaves are Falling, Hymn from the Tomb"

    Works without opus numbers

Note: Because different catalogue numbering systems have applied to the following works, they are ordered by year of publication.

Published during Chopin's lifetime