Chopin Complete Piano Sheet Music – Polonaises

Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise- Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. Among the best known polonaises are the "Military" Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1, and the "Heroic" or "Drum" Polonaise in A♭, Op. 53.

There is also the Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E♭, Op.22, for piano and orchestra, which also exists in a solo piano version; and the Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3, for cello and piano.


Chopin wrote at least 23 polonaises for piano solo. Of these:


7, including the Polonaise-Fantaisie, were published in his lifetime


3 were published posthumously with opus numbers


6 were published posthumously without opus numbers


at least 7 are lost.

2 Polonaises, Op 26

2 Polonaises, Op 40

Polonaise, Op 44

Polonaise, Op 53

Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op 61

3 Polonaises, Op 71

Polonaise in G#, Op ph