Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano. His preludes, études, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos, polonaises, mazurkas, and waltzes invented the Romantic piano vocabulary almost single-handedly — pedal as colour, rubato as breathing, the singing right-hand line over a flexible accompaniment.

Chopin's entire surviving output is now central repertoire. The 24 Préludes Op. 28, the 27 Études, the Nocturnes, and the Ballades are studied and performed everywhere a piano is taken seriously.

The 157 public-domain piano works listed below are sortable, downloadable as PDF score editions, and free to study, perform, record, and re-engrave. Each piece links to its individual page with full catalog data, performance notes, and historical context. Browse more works from the Romantic era, or use the difficulty filters below to narrow by technical level.