List of Works

Ignacy Jan Paderewski's compositions with opus numbers:

Op. 1
Title: Zwei Klavierstücke

  1. Praeludium à capriccio E-flat Major
  2. Minuetto G Minor

Place and time of creation: 1: Berlin, IX 1885; 2: Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, 10 VII 1879 (initially it was part of the youthful Suite E-flat Major)
First edition: Berlin [1886], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: Seinem Freunde Anton Rutkowski


Op. 1 [a]
Title: Suite E-flat Major for piano [in manuscript op. 1]

  1. Prelude E-flat Major
  2. Minuet G Minor
  3. Romans A-flat Major
  4. Burlesque E-flat Major

Place and time of creation: 1-2: Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, 10 VII 1879; 3: Sudyłków, 9 I 1879; 4: Sudyłków, 23 VIII 1879
First edition: 2. Minuet published as Op. 1 no. 2 (with amendments)
Dedication: Suite na fortepian ofiarowana F.L.

Op. 2
Title: Trois morceaux pour piano

  1. Gavotte E Minor
  2. Mélodie C Major
  3. Valse mélancolique A Major

Place and time of creation: Warszawa, 1880 – V 1881
First edition: Varsovie [1881], Kruziński & Lewi
Dedication: à Madame Thérèse Wlasoff née Quintine de Roumarais

Op. 3
Title: Stara Suita (for Three Voices) for Piano

  1. Preludio D Minor
  2. Intermezzo B-flat Major
  3. Aria F Major
  4. Fugue D Minor

Place and time of creation: Warszawa, XII 1880 – I 1881
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Dedication: WPanu Alexandrowi Zarzyckiemu

Op. 4
Title: Elegia B-flat Minor for Piano
Place and time of creation: Warszawa, XII 1880
First edition: Berlin [1882], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: Tobie! [dedicated to Paderewski's deceased wife Antonina]

Op. 5
Title: Danses Polonaises [Polish Dances] pour le Piano

  1. Krakowiak E Major
  2. Mazurka E Minor
  3. Krakowiak B Major

Place and time of creation: 1: 20 II 1881; 2: XII 1882; [Warszawa], 10 III 1881
First edition: Berlin [1882], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: à Mademoiselle Nathalie Janotha

Op. 6
Title: Introduction et Toccata pour le Piano
Place and time of creation: Warszawa, before January 1882
First edition: Berlin [1884], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: à son ami Paul de Schlözer

Op. 7
Title: Vier Lieder [words by Adam Asnyk]

  1. Rosentage sind verronnen D Minor
  2. Treues Rösslein G Major
  3. Birke und Mägdelein F Major
  4. Raubten mihr ihn, meinem Lieben G Minor

Place and time of creation: Berlin, IV 1882; Wiedeń, XI-XII 1884; Warszawa, IV 1885
First edition: Berlin [1887-1888], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: Herrn Adam Asnyk zugeeignet

Title: Konwalijka. Pieśń [Lily of the Valley: Song] for Voice and Piano, A Major
Time of creation: before 9 IV 1885
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime

Op. 7 [b]
Title: Romance A Major for Violin and Piano
Time of creation: [ca. 1882?]
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Dedication: Władysławowi Górskiemu w przyjaznej ofierze

Op. 8
Title: Chants du Voyageur [Songs of the Wanderer] pour le Piano

  1. Allegro agitato G Minor
  2. Andantino melancolico A Minor
  3. Andantino grazioso e moderno B Major
  4. Andantino mistico B Minor
  5. Allegro giocoso A Major

Place and time of creation: [Warszawa] VI 1881 – [Berlin, VI 1882]
First edition: Berlin [1882], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: A Madame Hélène Górska née barone[s] de Rosen

 

Op. 9
Title: Danses polonaises [Polish Dances] pour le Piano

Book I:

  1. Krakowiak F Major
  2. Mazurka a Minor
  3. Mazurka A Major

Book II:

  4. Mazurka B Major
  5. Krakowiak A Major
  6. Polonaise H Major

  • Mazurka G Major (not published by Ed. Bote & G. Bock)

Place and time of creation: 2-6, Mazurka G Major: Berlin IV 1882; 1: Berlin, II 1884
First edition: Berlin [1884], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: à Monsieur Henri Toeplitz

Op. 10
Title: Album de Mai. Scènes romantiques pour Piano

  1. Au soir A Major
  2. Chant d'amour G Major
  3. Scherzino B-flat Major
  4. Barcarolle F-sharp Minor
  5. Caprice-Valse A-flat Major

Place and time of creation: [Warszawa, before January 1884]
First edition: Berlin [1884], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: à Madame Anette Essipoff-Leschetitzky

Op. 11
Title: Variations et Fugue sur un thème original pour Piano
Place and time of creation: Berlin, 1882/83, II-VI 1884
First edition: Berlin [1884-1885], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: A monsieur Eugène d'Albert

Op. 12
Title: Album tatrzańskie [Tatra Album] for Piano

  1. Allegro comodo
  2. Andantino grazioso
  3. Maestoso non troppo Allegro / Vivace giocoso
  4. Allegro poco moderato

Place and time of creation: Zakopane, 1883-1884
First edition: 1: Warszawa, Echo Muzyczne i Teatralne, 1883 no. 1 [music supplement]; 2: Warszawa, EMiT, 1884 no. 35 [music supplement]; 3: Warszawa, EMiT, 1884 no. 45 [music supplement]; 4: Warszawa, EMiT, 1884 no. 51 [music supplement]

Op. 12 [sic!]
Title: Tatra-Album. Tänze und Lieder des polnischen Volkes aus Zakopane für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen

Book I:

  1. Allegro con brio
  2. Andantino molto espressivo
  3. Allegro con moto

Book II:

  4. Allegro maestoso / Vivace grazioso
  5. Allegretto / Andantino
  6. Allegro ma non troppo

Place and time of creation: Berlin, IV-VII 1884; Zakopane, VIII 1884
First edition: Berlin [1884], Ries & Erler
Dedication: Herrn Proffessor Dr Tytus Chałubiński gewidmet

Op. 13
Title: Sonata A Minor for Violin and Piano
Place and time of creation: Wiedeń, I 1885; Warszawa, IV 1885
First edition: Berlin [1886], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: à Monsieur Pablo de Sarasate

Op. 14
Title: Humoresques de Concert

I Cahier (à l'antique):

  1. Minuet G Major
  2. Sarabande B Minor
  3. Caprice (genre Scarlatti) G Major

II Cahier (moderne):

  4. Burlesque F Major
  5. Intermezzo polacco C Minor
  6. Krakowiak fantastyczny [Cracovienne fantastique] B Major

Place and time of creation: Strasburg, before 14 I 1886; Warszawa, XI 1886; Wiedeń, I 1887
First edition: Berlin [1887], Ed. Bote & G. Bock [I-II Cahier]
Dedication: à Madame Anette Essipoff-Leschetizky

Op. 15
Title: Dans le Désert. Tableau musical en forme d'une Toccata pour Piano
Place and time of creation: Strasburg, before VI 1886; Wiedeń, III 1888
First edition: Berlin [1888], Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Dedication: À Madame Anette Essipoff-Leschetizky

Op. 16
Title: Miscellanea. Série de morceaux pour piano

  1. Légende A-flat Major
  2. Mélodie G-flat Major
  3. Thème varié i Finale A Major
  4. Nocturne B-flat Major
  5. Légende Nr 2 A Major
  6. Un moment musical A-flat Major
  7. Minuet A Major

Time of creation: 1885-1896
First edition: Berlin, Ed. Bote & G. Bock [each piece separately]; 7: originally published by „New York Herald" (27 XII 1891)
Dedication: 1: à Madame Celine Scheurer-Kästner; 2: A Madame Marie Trélat; 3: à Madame Aline Weber-Schlumberger; 4: A Madame la Princesse R. Bassaraba de Brancovan; 5: à Madame la Princesse Hélène A. Bibesco; 6: [a piece written for the magazine „The New York Herlad"]

Op. 17
Title: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Place and time of creation: Berlin, 1882, 1884; Wiedeń, 1888
First edition: Berlin [1890], Ed. Bote & G. Bock 
Dedication: à son maître Théodore Leschetizky

Op. 18
Title: Sechs Lieder [words by Adam Mickiewicz]

  1. Mir flossen Thränen G-sharp Minor
  2. Ich geh'entlang A-flat Major
  3. Mein süsser Liebling B-flat Major
  4. Über dem Wasser A Minor
  5. Ach, die Qualen B Minor
  6. Könnte ich das Stirnband G Major

Place and time of creation: Strasburg, ca. VIII 1886; Paryż, 1889-1893
First edition: Berlin 1893, Ed. Bote & G. Bock 
Dedication: Synowi poety Władysławowi Mickiewiczowi

Op. 19
Title: Fantaisie Polonaise sur des thèmes originaux [Polish Fantasy on Original Theme] G-sharp Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Place and time of creation: Yport w Normandii, Summer 1893
First edition: Berlin [1895], Ed. Bote & G. Bock 
Dedication: A Madame la Princesse R. Bassaraba de Brancovan

Op. 20
Title: Manru. Lyrisches Drama in drei Aufzügen 
[in the first edition and manuscript there is no opus number, but in many lists of Paderewski's compositions recorded as Op. 20]
Time of creation: 1893-1901
First edition: Berlin [1901], Ed. Bote & G. Bock 

Op. 21
Title: Sonata pour Piano E-flat Minor 
Place and time of creation: Wiedeń, IV 1887; Morges, III 1903
First edition: Berlin [1906], Ed. Bote & G. Bock 
Dedication: à Son Altesse Imperiale et Royale l'Archiduc Charles Etienne

Op. 22
Title: Douze Mélodies sur des Poésies de Catulle Mendès

  1. Dans la forêt E Major
  2. Ton coeur est d'or pur G Major
  3. Le ciel est très bas F-sharp Major
  4. Naguère G Minor
  5. Un jeune pâtre A Minor
  6. Elle marche d'un pas distrait A Major
  7. La nonne B Major
  8. Viduité D Major
  9. Lune froide E Minor
  10. Querelleuse A-flat Major
  11. L'amour fatal G-sharp Minor
  12. L'ennemie F Minor

Place and time of creation: Morges, III 1903
First edition: Paryż [ca. 1910], Heugel & Cie 
Dedication: à Madame Marie Trélat

Op. 23
Title: Variations et fugue sur un thème original E-flat Minor for Piano
Place and time of creation: Strasburg, X-XII 1885; Warszawa, XI 1886; Morges, 1903
First edition: Berlin [1906], Ed. Bote & G. Bock 
Dedication: à son ami W. Adlington

Op. 24
Title: Symphony B Minor
[In the first edition there is no opus number, but in many lists of Paderewski's compositions recorded as Op. 24]
Place and time of creation: Morges, 1903-1909
First edition: Paryż cOp. 1911, Heugel & Cie

Ignacy Jan Paderewski's compositions without opus numbers:

Title: Canzona. Pieśń bez słów [Canzona. Song Without Words] G Major for Piano
Place and time of creation: Morges, ca. 1903
First edition: Londyn 1907, E. Ashdown

Ćwiczenia na instrumenty dęte [Exercises for Wind Instruments]
[for 10 Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons and 2 horns in F]
Place and time of creation: Berlin, III 1884 (written during composition studies with Heinrich Urban)
First edition: not published

Ćwiczenia kontrapunktyczne na chóry a cappella [Counterpoint Exercises for a cappella choirs]

  1. Kyrie D Minor for 2 Voices
  2. Kyrie G Minor for 2 Voices
  3. Kyrie F Major for 3 Voices
  4. Kyrie A Minor for 3 Voices
  5. Kyrie F Major for 4 Voices
  6. Et vitam venturi seculi A Minor for 4 Voices
  7. Ich will den Herrn Loben alle Zeit D Major for 4 Voices
  8. Danket dem Herrn, denn er ist freundlich C Major for 4 Voices

Place and time of creation: Berlin, ca. 1882 or 1884 (most probably written during composition studies)
First edition: not published

Title: Dans la forêt. Pieśń  [In the forest: Song] A Minor for Voice and Piano
Time of creation: before 1896
First edition: Londyn [1896], Willcocks & Co.
Dedication: à Victor Maurel

Title: Dola. Pieśń na mezzosopran i fortepiano [Fate: Song for Mezzo-soprano and Piano]
Place and time of creation: [Warszawa], before 30 VI 1878
First edition: not published

Title: Hej, Orle Biały! Hymn bojowy… [Hey, White Eagle! Military Anthem..] for Male Chorus and Piano or Wind Orchestra, F Major (words by Ignacy J. Paderewski)
Place and time of creation: USA, before 15 X 1917
First edition: New York 1918, T. Wroński
Dedication: poświęcony Armii Polskiej [to the Polish Army in America]

Title: Humoresque A Minor for 2 oboes and 2 bassoons
Place and time of creation: Berlin, 8 III 1884 (written during composition studies with Heinrich Urban)
First edition: not published

Title: Impromptu F Major for Piano
Place and time of creation: [Warszawa], before 28 I 1879
First edition: Warszawa, „Echo Muzyczne" no. 11 z 1 VI 1879 [music supplement]
Dedication: Wielmoż. Rudolfowi Strobl
Note: Impromptu, the first printed work by Paderewski was regarded as his Opus 1, however, in 1887 Zwei Klavierstück were published as Opus 1.

Title: Intermezzi for Piano

  1. Intermezzo G Minor
  2. Intermezzo C Minor

Place and time of creation: 1: Wiedeń, XI-XII 1884; 2: Berlin, ca. V 1882
First edition: 1: Warszawa, „Echo Muzyczne Teatralne i Artystyczne" 1885 no. 77 [music supplement]; 2: Warszawa, „Echo Muzyczne Teatralne i Artystyczne" 1885 no. 89 [music supplement]
Dedication: Aleksandrowi Michałowskiemu

Kanony „Z uczniowskiej teki" [CanonsFrom a Student's Notebook]
Place and time of creation: [Berlin, I-VI 1882] (probably written during composition studies with Friedrich Kiel)
First edition: Warszawa, „Echo Muzyczne" 1882 no. 19 [music supplement]
Dedication: Wej Marii z Lamerów Trentowskiej

Title: Marsz pogrzebowy na temat Mazurka sielankowego i Kantaty uroczystej A. Kątskiego [Funeral March on the Themes of Idyllic Mazurka and Festive Cantata by Apolinary Kątski], G Minor
Place and time of creation: Busko, after 29 VI 1879
First edition: not published

Title: Mazurka G Major for Piano

Place and time of creation: USA, III 1896 (a piece written for the magazine „The Ladies' Home Journal" as an illustration for the article Paderewski in His Daily Life by Jean Becket)
First edition: facsimile autograph in: 'The Ladies' Home Journal', Philadelphia 1896 no. 4, p. 13.

Title: Pieśń [Song] F Major for Violin and Piano
Place and time of creation: Warszawa, X 1878
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Dedication: J.I. Kraszewskiemu
Note: Composition appears on the album dedicated to Józef Ignacy Kraszewski on 3 October 1879.

Title: Powódź [The Flood] A Minor for Piano
Place and time of creation: Berlin, 28 VI 1884
First edition: facsimile autograph in: 'Na pomoc: wydawnictwo zbiorowe na korzyść powodzian, Warszawa, July 1884
Dedication: J.I. Kraszewskiemu

Title: Suite G Major for String Orchestra
Place and time of creation: Berlin, I-III 1884 (written during composition studies with Heinrich Urban)
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Note: Part IV incomplete

Utwór/Miniatura [Piece/Miniature] E-flat Major for Piano
Time of creation: [ca. 1885?]
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime

Title: Overture E-flat Major for Orchestra
Place and time of creation: Berlin, III-VII 1884 (written during composition studies with Heinrich Urban)
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime

Title: Waltz F Major for Piano (Valse mignonne)
Place and time of creation: [Warszawa, 11 II 1876]
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Dedication: [to Gustaw Roguski]

Title: Variations and Fugue in F Major for String Quartet
Place and time of creation: Berlin, before May 1882
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime

Wypracowanie „na patent" [Exercises]
Place and time of creation: Warszawa, 8 VI 1878
First edition: not published during the composer's lifetime
Note: Counterpoint Exercises written at the end of the course at the Music Institute of Warsaw

Unfinished works and sketches:

Title: Ach, jak mi smutno. Pieśń [Ah! How sad I am: Song] A Minor for Voice and Piano (words by Adam Asnyk; unfinished sketch)
Time of creation: [1882-1885?]

Title: Allegretto non troppo B-flat Major for Orchestra [fragment of an unknown work]
Time of creation: [ca. 1884] (probably written during composition studies in Berlin)

Title: Cantata for solo voice, choir and orchestra (words by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer; unfinished sketch)
Time of creation: [1897-1903]

Title: Kochanko moja. Pieśń [Oh my love! Song] G Major for Voice and Piano (words by Adam Mickiewicz; unfinished sketch)
Time of creation: [ca. 1886]

Title: Concert [G Minor for Violin and Orchestra] [unfinished sketches]
Place and time of creation: Warszawa, XI 1886; Wiedeń, I 1888

Title: String Quartet [3 unfinished sketches]
Time of creation: I 1884; II 1887

Fragment of an unknown work in B-sharp Major for Piano
Time of creation: [ca. 1903]

Title: Siakuntala (oper)
Note: the title mentioned in: Das Neue Musik Lexikon by Alfred Einstein, Berlin 1926.

Title: Four Songs for Voice and Piano (words by Zygmunt Krasiński; unfinished sketches)

  1. Czy to cuda czy to złuda [Are they wonders or illusions] F Minor
  2. Módl się ty za mnie [Pray For Me] F-sharp Minor
  3. O nie mów o mnie [O, Do Not Talk About Me] F-sharp Minor
  4. Powiedz orle [Tell Eagle, My Eagle] F Minor

Time of creation: [ca. 1895]

Title: Rappelle-toi. Song A Minor for Voice and Piano (words by Alfred de Musset; sketch)
Place and time of creation: [Warszawa, ca. 1886]

Title: Sonata for Piano [unfinished]
Place and time of creation: Berlin, IV-X 1882 (written during composition studies with Friedrich Kiel)
Note: Part III (Scherzo) published as Internezzo C Minor (Warszawa, „Echo Muzyczne Teatralne i Artystyczne" 1885 no. 89 [music supplement])

Title: Suite E-flat Major for Piano [unfinished]
Time of creation: VII-X 1885 – III 1887

[A piece without title] D Minor/F Major for Piano [sketch]
Time of creation: [ca. 1895?]

[A piece without title] E-flat Major/C Minor and a fragment of Presto for Piano [sketches]
Time of creation: [Strasburg, ca. 1886?]

Title: Variations and Fugue G Major for Piano [sketches]
Time of creation: [ca. 1890?]