“Hats off, gentlemen, a genius” is how Robert Schumann begins his famous review of Chopin’s second opus. And he was right: The composer, pianist and piano teacher Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), born in Żelazowa Wola near Warsaw, is considered a revolutionary in piano playing due to his melodic, rhythmic and harmonic innovations. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his masterful works today.
Chopin’s work as a teacher still has an impact on today’s piano pedagogy, for example in his light touch playing technique, and in his use of the Bel Canto method as a model. The piano was his whole world, and there is no composition by Chopin that is not at least accompanied by piano.
Chopin’s mother was Polish, and his father was French, and in the Chopin Polonaises and Chopin Mazurkas, Chopin, who emigrated to France at the age of 21, expresses his love for his native Poland. He was one of the first composers in the 19th century to put a strong emphasis on national identity, along with composers like Edvard Grieg and Franz Liszt.
About 230 works by Chopin have survived, including the virtuoso Chopin Impromptus, Rondos by Chopin, and Chopin Waltzes.
Chopin died in Paris of tuberculosis, and at his expressed wish, his sister Ludwika brought his heart back to Poland, and it is housed in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.
Study score
Item no.: 1617916
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1620650
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1195465
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1119430
Klassik
Buch
Item no.: 1539980
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988264
Edition Maulwurf
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1697349
Buch
Item no.: 249705
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557532
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253951
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 190322
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 303564
Originalversion 1830
Erstdruck
Repertoire explorer
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 656547
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 993294
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690929
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 298783
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 134255
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586192
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548593
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007059
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1646365
for: Piano, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 637513
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1539304
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541387
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
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Selection
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144145
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1085644
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1118679
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663548
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541395
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922351
for: 6 recorders
Item no.: 228708
Item no.: 636552
Buch
Item no.: 249242
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1346114
Klassik
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195108
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 335893
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 490120
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 269441
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 269348
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254033
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 818912
for: Wind ensemble
Item no.: 1704350
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643285
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914226