Ballade No.1, Op.23 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Composition Year	1835-1836
Genre Categories	Ballades; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
- 1.2 Piano Recordings
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Piano Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 For Violin and Piano (Ysaÿe)
3 General Information
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Performances

Naxos

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Piano Recordings

Complete Performance
*#84214 - 17.71MB - 9:40 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 51980×⇩ - MP3 - Bohumir Stehlik

MP3 file (audio)
Bohumir Stehlik (2010/11/8)

Publisher Info.	Bohumir Stehlik
Performers	Bohumir Stehlik
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Misc. Notes	Recorded live in Bergen, Norway, 11/2008
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Sheet Music

Piano Scores

Cover and Title Pages
*#113136 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28742×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/11)

Complete Score
*#113137 - 1.47MB, 11 (#1–11) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 100934×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/11)

Editor	Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916)
Publisher. Info.	Friedrich Chopin's Werke. Band I Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. [1878]. Plate C. I. 1.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Publication date from Hofmeister's Verzeichnis which also states the principal editor is Ernst Rudorff. Original scans from a poorly printed or preserved original: 300dpi, grayscale jpg2000 images 3240 by 4000 pixels. Converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins.
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Complete Score including title pages (Preview)
*#28756 - 2.14MB, 13 (iii, #2-11) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18386×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2009/2/21)

Complete score (Preview)
*#00115 - 0.78MB, 10 (#2-11) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29687×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/2/17)

Editor	Karl Klindworth (1830-1916)
Publisher. Info.	Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Chopin, Band 1 Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.[1880]. Plate 12261
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete score including title pages (Preview)
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piupianissimo (2009/10/10)

Complete score (Preview)
*#86692 - 0.78MB, 10 (#279-288) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27285×⇩ - worov

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worov (2010/12/8)

Editor	Herrmann Scholtz (1845-1918)
Publisher. Info.	Sämtliche Pianoforte-Werke, Band II Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[]. Plate 6216.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete Score
*#80050 - 1.23MB, 13 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14270×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2010/9/29)

Editor	Theodor Kullak (1818-1882)
Translator	Albert Ross Parsons (1847-1933)
Publisher. Info.	Klavierwerke. Instructive Ausgabe, Vol.III: Ballades Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch-und Musikhandlung, 1881. Plate S. 7288(1). Co-issue - New York: G. Schirmer, 1881.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
*#64108 - 3.23MB, 22 (viii, #3-16) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7478×⇩ - piupianissimo

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Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
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piupianissimo (2010/5/14)

Editor	Carl Mikuli (1819-1897)
Publisher. Info.	Complete Works for the Piano, Vol.5 New York: G. Schirmer, 1894. Plate 11490. Reissue — Vol.5, 1934. Plate 36391.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	scan: score scanned at 600dpi. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version. filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are to small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite.
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Complete Score
*#28777 - 1.60MB, 14 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10663×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/2/22)

Title Page, Preface
*#112345 - 0.63MB, 5 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2288×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/5)

Editor	Rafael Joseffy (1852-1915)
Publisher. Info.	Complete Works for the Piano, Vol.5 New York: G. Schirmer, 1915. Plate 25646.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	View at Internet archive
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Complete Score (Edition de travail) (CA)
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KGill (2013/3/13)

Editor	Alfred Cortot (1877-1962)
Publisher. Info.	Édition nationale de musique classique Edition de travail des œuvres de Chopin, vol.4 Paris: Salabert (Maurice Senart), 1929. Plate E.M.S. 5138.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Complete Score (scan) (EU) (Preview)
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Complete Score (filter) (EU) (Preview)
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Editor	Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
Publisher. Info.	Dzieła wszystkie Fryderyka Chopina, Vol.III: Ballades Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1949. Plate PWM 232. (1973 reissue)
Copyright	Public Domain - See notes on copyright status for urtext editions [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete score (letter size)
*#335634 - 0.42MB, 10 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5159×⇩ - Dominicus

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Dominicus (2014/7/22)

Complete score (A4 size)
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Dominicus (2014/7/22)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin and Piano (Ysaÿe)

Piano Score
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Generoso (2011/6/19)

Violin Part
*#106028 - 9.81MB, 15 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5371×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2011/6/19)

Arranger	Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Publisher. Info.	London: Autograph manuscript, March 1916.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Subsequent statement of responsibility modified in pencil: adaptation pour le violon par Eugène Ysaÿe. At end: Londres, mars 1916, signed. Found in the Heinemann Foundation collection of the Library of Congress.
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General Information

Work Title	Ballade No.1
Alternative. Title
Name Translations	Balada nº1; Ballade Nr. 1; バラード第1番; Ballada op. 23; Ballata n. 1 op. 23; Ballade nº 1; Балада № 1 (Шопен); Ballade No. 1 in G minor; Ballade nr. 1; בלדה מס' 1 בסול מינור, אופוס 23; Balada para piano n.º 1 en sol menor op. 23; Ballade cung Sol thứ Op. 23; 발라드 1번; Μπαλάντα αρ. 1 σε Σολ ελάσσονα, έργο 23; Баллада № 1 (Шопен); 第一号叙事曲
Name Aliases	Balada No. 1 em Sol menor; Balada No. 1; Balada em Sol menor; Ballada g-moll op. 23; Op. 23; Balada n.º 1; בלדה מס' 1 בסול מינור; Ballade nr. 1 (Chopin); Ballade No. 1
Authorities	WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176412225; LCCN: no97073914; BNF: 14822227k
Composer	Chopin, Frédéric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.23
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFC 5
Key	G minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1835-1836
First Publication.	1836
Dedication	A Mr. le Baron de Stockhausen
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano
External Links	Wikipedia article

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Piano Music by Frédéric Chopin

Études, Préludes

Études, Op.10
- No. 1 in C major
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in E major Tristesse
- No. 4 in C♯ minor Torrent
- No. 5 in G♭ Black Key
- No. 6 in E♭ major
- No. 7 in E major
- No. 8 in F major
- No. 9 in F minor
- No. 10 in A♭ major
- No. 11 in E♭ major
- No. 12 in C minor Revolutionary
Études, Op.25
- No. 1 in A♭ major Aeolian Harp
- No. 2 in F minor
- No. 3 in F major
- No. 4 in A minor
- No. 5 in E minor
- No. 6 in G♯ minor
- No. 7 in C♯ major
- No. 8 in D♭ major
- No. 9 in G♭ major Butterfly
- No. 10 in B minor
- No. 11 in F minor Winter Wind
- No. 12 in C minor Ocean
3 Nouvelles études, B.130
- No. 1 in F minor
- No. 2 in A♭ major
- No. 3 in D♭ major
Preludes, Op.28
- No. 1 in C major
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in G major
- No. 4 in E minor
- No. 5 in D major
- No. 6 in B minor
- No. 7 in A major
- No. 8 in F♯ minor
- No. 9 in E major
- No. 10 in C♯ minor
- No. 11 in B major
- No. 12 in G♯ minor
- No. 13 in F♯ major
- No. 14 in E♭ minor
- No. 15 in D♭ major Raindrop
- No. 16 in B♭ minor
- No. 17 in A♭ major
- No. 18 in F minor
- No. 19 in E♭ major
- No. 20 in C minor
- No. 21 in B♭ major
- No. 22 in G minor
- No. 23 in F major
- No. 24 in D minor
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.45
Prelude in A-flat major, B.86
Prelude No.27 in E-flat minor

Mazurkas

Mazurkas, Op.6
- No. 1 in F♯ minor
- No. 2 in C♯ minor
- No. 3 in E major
- No. 4 in E♭ minor
Mazurkas, Op.7
- No. 1 in B♭ major
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in F minor
- No. 4 in A♭ major
- No. 5 in C major
Mazurkas, Op.17
- No. 1 in B♭ major
- No. 2 in E minor
- No. 3 in A♭ major
- No. 4 in A minor
Mazurkas, Op.24
- No. 1 in G minor
- No. 2 in C major
- No. 3 in A♭ major
- No. 4 in B♭ minor
Mazurkas, Op.30
- No. 1 in C minor
- No. 2 in B minor
- No. 3 in D♭ major
- No. 4 in C♯ minor
Mazurkas, Op.33
- No. 1 in G♯ minor
- No. 2 in D major
- No. 3 in C major
- No. 4 in B minor
Mazurkas, Op.41
- No. 1 in C♯ minor
- No. 2 in E minor
- No. 3 in B major
- No. 4 in A♭ major
Mazurkas, Op.50
- No. 1 in G major
- No. 2 in A♭ major
- No. 3 in C♯ minor
Mazurkas, Op.56
- No. 1 in B major
- No. 2 in C major
- No. 3 in C minor
Mazurkas, Op.59
- No. 1 in A minor
- No. 2 in A♭ major
- No. 3 in F♯ minor
Mazurkas, Op.63
- No. 1 in B major
- No. 2 in F minor
- No. 3 in C♯ minor
Mazurkas, Op.67
- No. 1 in G major
- No. 2 in G minor
- No. 3 in C major
- No. 4 in A minor
Mazurkas, Op.68
- No. 1 in C major
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in F major
- No. 4 in F minor
2 Mazurkas, B.16
Mazurka in D major, B.31
Mazurka in D major, B.71
Mazurka in B-flat major 'Wołowska', B.73
Mazurka in C major, B.82
Mazurka in A-flat major, B.85
Mazurka in A minor, B.134
Mazurka in A minor, B.140

Polonaises

Polonaises, Op.26
- No. 1 in C-sharp minor
- No. 2 in E-flat major
Polonaises, Op.40
- No. 1 in A major Military
- No. 2 in C minor
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op.44
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53 Héroïque
Polonaise-fantaisie, Op.61
Polonaises, Op.71
- No. 1 in D minor
- No. 2 in B♭ major
- No. 3 in F minor
Polonaise in G minor, B.1
Polonaise in B-flat major, B.3
Polonaise in A-flat major, B.5
Polonaise in G-sharp minor, B.6
Polonaise in B-flat minor, B.13
Polonaise in G-flat major, B.36

Waltzes

Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Waltzes, Op.34
- No. 1 in A♭ major Valse Brilliante
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in F major Valse Brilliante
Waltz in A-flat major, Op.42
Waltzes, Op.64
- No. 1 in D♭ major Minute Waltz
- No. 2 in C♯ minor
- No. 3 in A♭ major
Waltzes, Op.69
- No. 1 in A♭ major L'Adieu
- No. 2 in B minor
Waltzes, Op.70
- No. 1 in G♭ major
- No. 2 in F minor
- No. 3 in D♭ major
Waltz in A-flat major, B.21
Waltz in E major, B.44
Waltz in E-flat major, B.46
Waltz in E minor, B.56
Waltz in E-flat major, B.133
Waltz in A minor, B.150

Ballades, Impromptus, Scherzi
Ballade No.1, Op.23 Ballade No.2, Op.38 Ballade No.3, Op.47 Ballade No.4, Op.52 Fantaisie-impromptu, Op.66 Impromptu No.1, Op.29 Impromptu No.2, Op.36 Impromptu No.3, Op.51 Scherzo No.1, Op.20 Scherzo No.2, Op.31 Scherzo No.3, Op.39 Scherzo No.4, Op.54

Sonatas, Variations
Piano Sonata No.1, Op.4 Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35 Funeral March Piano Sonata No.3, Op.58 Variations brillantes, Op.12 Variations in A major, B.37 Variations sur un air national allemand, B.14 Variations sur un air national de Moore, B.12a (4 hands)

Nocturnes

Nocturnes, Op.9
- No. 1 in B♭ minor
- No. 2 in E♭ major
- No. 3 in B major
Nocturnes, Op.15
- No. 1 in F major
- No. 2 in F♯ major
- No. 3 in G minor
Nocturnes, Op.27
- No. 1 in C♯ minor
- No. 2 in D♭ major
Nocturnes, Op.32
- No. 1 in B major
- No. 2 in A♭ major
Nocturnes, Op.37
- No. 1 in G minor
- No. 2 in G major
Nocturnes, Op.48
- No. 1 in C minor
- No. 2 in F♯ minor
Nocturnes, Op.55
- No. 1 in F minor
- No. 2 in E♭ major
Nocturnes, Op.62
- No. 1 in B major
- No. 2 in E major
Nocturne in E minor, Op.72 No.1
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, B.49
Nocturne in C minor, B.108
Nocturne oubliée

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