Piano Sonatas

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Piano Sonatas are a series of large-scale, expressive works for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin that showcase his innovative Romantic style and virtuosic writing.

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instanceOf piano sonata cycle ⓘ
series of musical compositions ⓘ
associatedGenre Romantic piano music ⓘ
associatedWith Polish musical nationalism ⓘ
cataloguedIn Chopin’s opus catalog ⓘ
composer Frédéric Chopin ⓘ
compositionDate 1837–1839 (No. 2) ⓘ
1844 (No. 3) ⓘ
circa 1821 (No. 4, early) ⓘ
circa 1827 (No. 1) ⓘ
containsWork Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. posth. 8 (early sonata) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
dedicatedTo Countess Emilie de Perthuis (No. 2) ⓘ
Countess Émilie de Perthuis (No. 3, sometimes cited) ⓘ
Józef Elsner (No. 1) ⓘ
famousFor Funeral March of Piano Sonata No. 2 ⓘ
genre piano sonata ⓘ
influenced later Romantic piano sonata repertoire ⓘ
influencedBy Classical sonata form ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano sonatas ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyOfWork B minor (No. 3) ⓘ
B-flat minor (No. 2) ⓘ
C minor (No. 1) ⓘ
C minor (No. 4, early) ⓘ
languageOfTempoMarkings Italian ⓘ
movementCount 4 (No. 1) ⓘ
4 (No. 2) ⓘ
4 (No. 3) ⓘ
4 (No. 4, early) ⓘ
musicalPeriod Romantic era ⓘ
notableFeature expressive character ⓘ
large-scale structure ⓘ
virtuosic writing ⓘ
notableMovement Funeral March (Marche funèbre) from Piano Sonata No. 2 ⓘ
opusNumberOfWork Op. 35 (No. 2) ⓘ
Op. 4 (No. 1) ⓘ
Op. 58 (No. 3) ⓘ
Op. posth. 8 (No. 4, early) ⓘ
performancePractice core part of concert piano repertoire ⓘ
placeOfComposition Nohant and Paris (No. 3) ⓘ
Paris (No. 2) ⓘ
Warsaw (No. 1) ⓘ
linked to: Warsaw
style innovative Romantic style ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 25–30 minutes (No. 2) ⓘ
approximately 25–30 minutes (No. 3) ⓘ
workType solo piano works ⓘ

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