Chopin – The Waltzes

Nov 25th, 2007 by

Works inspired by waltz dance form but having no utilitarian function, and destined for listening only. Chopin wrote 19 waltzes.

Waltzes (chronologically, as composed)

Waltz in A-flat Major, 1827 [KK 1209-11]
Waltz in E Major, 1829 [KK 1207-8]
Waltz in E-flat Major, 1830 [KK 1212]
Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69 No. 2
Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 70 No. 3, 1829
Waltz in E Minor, 1830 [KK 1213-14]
Waltz in G-flat Major, Op. 70 No. 1, 1832
Grande Valse Brilliante in E-flat Major, Op. 18, 1831-2
Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2, 1834
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1, 1835
Waltz in A-flat Major, L’Adieu, Op. 69 No. 1, 1835
Waltz in F Major, Op. 34 No. 3, 1838
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42, 1840
Valse mélancolique in F-sharp Minor, 1838
Waltz in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2, 1842
Waltz in A Minor, 1843 [KK 1238-9]
Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1, 1847
Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, 1847
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3, 1847

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