Waltz in C sharp minor sheet music

Contents

  • 1 Performances
    • 1.1 Recordings
    • 1.2 Naxos
    • 1.3 Synthesized/MIDI
  • 2 Sheet Music
    • 2.1 Scores
      • 2.1.1 Complete
      • 2.1.2 Molto vivace 'Minute Waltz' (No.1)
      • 2.1.3 Tempo giusto (No.2)
      • 2.1.4 Moderato (No.3)
    • 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
      • 2.2.1 For Violin and Piano (David)
      • 2.2.2 Selections
        • 2.2.2.1 For Piano (Reger)
      • 2.2.3 Molto vivace 'Minute Waltz' (No.1)
        • 2.2.3.1 For Orchestra (Mouton)
        • 2.2.3.2 For Flute and Orchestra (Prill)
        • 2.2.3.3 For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Kowalewski)
        • 2.2.3.4 For 2 Flutes and Piano (Leeuwen)
        • 2.2.3.5 For Cello and Piano (Cassadó)
        • 2.2.3.6 For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)
        • 2.2.3.7 For Flute and Piano (Prill)
        • 2.2.3.8 For Violin and Piano (Bachmann)
        • 2.2.3.9 For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
        • 2.2.3.10 For 2 Violins (Schubert)
        • 2.2.3.11 For Voice and Piano (Bordèse)
        • 2.2.3.12 For Harp (Hasselmans)
        • 2.2.3.13 For Guitar (Apke)
        • 2.2.3.14 For Piano (Ferrata)
        • 2.2.3.15 For Piano (Godowsky)
        • 2.2.3.16 For Piano (Joseffy)
        • 2.2.3.17 For Piano (Michalowski)
        • 2.2.3.18 For Piano (Moszkowski)
        • 2.2.3.19 For Piano (Rosenthal)
        • 2.2.3.20 For Piano (Zadora)
      • 2.2.4 Tempo giusto (No.2)
        • 2.2.4.1 For Strings (Choe)
        • 2.2.4.2 For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Large)
        • 2.2.4.3 For Violin and Piano (Huberman)
        • 2.2.4.4 For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
        • 2.2.4.5 For Cello and Piano (Davydov)
        • 2.2.4.6 For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)
        • 2.2.4.7 For Piano (simplified)
        • 2.2.4.8 For Guitar (Jokela)
        • 2.2.4.9 For Guitar (Sagreras)
      • 2.2.5 Moderato (No.3)
        • 2.2.5.1 For 4 Saxophones (Larocque)
        • 2.2.5.2 For Piano (Godowsky)
  • 3 General Information
  • 4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Recordings

Performer Pages Alfred Cortot (piano)
Publisher Info. London: Grammophone, 1935.
Reissue Chopin Waltzes
London: Angel Records, 1958. COLH 32.
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Performers Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Publisher Info. Decca, 1955. LX 3076
Copyright

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Misc. Notes Collection personnelle. Version masterisée.
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Performer Pages Oriano de Almeida (piano)
Publisher Info. Oriano de Almeida Interpreta Chopin - RGE1, 1959. RGE XRLP 100004.
Reissue Músicas de Chopin com Oriano de Almeida - AMC, n.d. AMC AMCLP 5.009.
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Misc. Notes Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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Performers Orchestre des Ballets Russes de Diaghilev
Ernest Ansermet, conductor
Publisher Info. Columbia, 1916
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Misc. Notes Arr. Alexander Glazunov
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Synthesized/MIDI

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.[1847]. Plate B. et Cie. 4743.
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Editor Adeline Charpentier (fl.1870-1880)
Emmeline Raymond (1828-1902)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Firmin Didot frères, fils et cie., 1870. Plate 11.
Copyright

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Misc. Notes No.11 of "Le Maître de Musique. Cours pratique de piano" - English translation entitled: The Music Master. A practical course for pianoforte players. A bi-monthly journal translated from the French edition
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Editor Series editors
Publisher. Info. Friedrich Chopin's Werke. Band IX (pp.34-45)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1878]. Plate C. IX. 6–8.
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Editor Herrmann Scholtz (1845–1918)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Pianoforte-Werke, Band 1 (pp.30-39)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[(ca.1905)]. Plate 9462.
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Editor Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Publisher. Info. Œuvres completes pour piano: Valses (pp.38-53)
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1915. Plate D. & F. 9709.
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Editor Institut Fryderyka Chopina
Publisher. Info. Dzieła wszystkie Fryderyka Chopina, Vol.IX: Waltzes (pp.55-70)
Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1949. Plate PWM 239. (1956 reissue)
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Molto vivace 'Minute Waltz' (No.1)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.(ca.1847). Plate 4353 R.
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Publisher. Info. San Francisco: M. Gray, n.d. Plate M. G. 245.
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Tempo giusto (No.2)

Publisher. Info. London: Ashdown & Parry, n.d.(ca.1860-1867). Plate (W & Cᵒ. Nᵒ. 6322).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1742/12
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Publisher. Info. Franeker: F. Koksma, n.d.[1900-15]. Plate 29.
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Editor Vladimir de Pachmann (1848-1933)
Marguerite Labori (1864–1952)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener, 1935. Plate 17418.
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Misc. Notes Transcribed and with notes by Marguerite de Pachmann-Labori.
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Moderato (No.3)

Publisher. Info. London: Ashdown & Parry, n.d.(ca.1860-1867). Plate (W & Cᵒ. Nᵒ. 6323).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1742/13
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin and Piano (David)

Selections

For Piano (Reger)
See: 5 Special Studies after Chopin by Max Reger

Molto vivace 'Minute Waltz' (No.1)

For Orchestra (Mouton)

⇒ 13 more: Flute • Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (F) • Cornet 1/2 (B♭) • Trombone • Timpani/Triangle • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Hubert Mouton (1872-1954)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, 1912.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A6168.
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For Flute and Orchestra (Prill)

Arranger Emil Prill (1867–1940)
Engraver Leipzig: F.M. Geidel.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Julius Heinrich Zimmermann, n.d.[1893]. Plate Z. 2009, 2013.
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Kowalewski)
For 2 Flutes and Piano (Leeuwen)
For Cello and Piano (Cassadó)
For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)
For Flute and Piano (Prill)
For Violin and Piano (Bachmann)

Arranger Alberto Bachmann (1875–1963)
Publisher. Info. New York: Hines, Nobel & Eldredge, 1914. Plate H.N. & E. 298.
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For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
For 2 Violins (Schubert)
See: Duos faciles et progressifs, Book 6 No.10
For Voice and Piano (Bordèse)
See: Œuvre célèbres de Chopin by Luigi Bordèse (No.11)
For Harp (Hasselmans)
For Guitar (Apke)
For Piano (Ferrata)
See: 2 Studies on Chopin's 'Minute Waltz' by Giuseppe Ferrata
For Piano (Godowsky)
For Piano (Joseffy)
See: 2 Concert Studies after Chopin by Rafael Joseffy
For Piano (Michalowski)
For Piano (Moszkowski)
For Piano (Rosenthal)
See: Studie über den Walzer Op.64 Nr.1 von F. Chopin by Moriz Rosenthal
For Piano (Zadora)
See: Study on Chopin's Waltz in D-flat Op.64, No.1 by Michael Zadora

Tempo giusto (No.2)

For Strings (Choe)
For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Large)
For Violin and Piano (Huberman)
For Violin and Piano (Schulz)

Arranger August Schulz (1837-1909)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: H. Litolff, No.1062.1177, n.d.(ca.1900).
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Misc. Notes The piano score is missing the fourth page (page 38).
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Arranger August Schulz (1837-1909)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: H. Litolff, No.1062.1177, n.d.(ca.1900).
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Misc. Notes Is the same file as Generoso, but adding one missing page. The page is created with Photoshop extracting parts from other pages, it can be few different that the original one
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For Cello and Piano (Davydov)
For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)
For Piano (simplified)

Arranger Unidentified
Publisher. Info. Milan: S. A. Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1954. Plate S. 5082 Z.
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Misc. Notes Riduzione facilitata per Pianoforte
Transposed to D minor.
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For Guitar (Jokela)
For Guitar (Sagreras)

Moderato (No.3)

For 4 Saxophones (Larocque)
For Piano (Godowsky)

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General Information

Work Title Waltzes
Alternative. Title 3 Valses pour le piano
Name Translations Waltzes, Op. 64; Walce op. 64; Valses, opus 64; 3 Valzer op. 64; Три вальса, соч. 64; Walzer, Op. 64
Composer Chopin, Frédéric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.Op.64
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.IFC 119
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's3 waltzes:
  1. Molto vivace (D major) Minute Waltz
  2. Tempo giusto (C minor)
  3. Moderato (A major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.1846-47
First Publication.1847
Dedication see below
  1. à Madame la Comtesse Delfina Potocka
  2. à Mme la Baronne Charlotte de Rothschild
  3. à Mlle la Comtesse Katarzyna Branicka
Composer Time PeriodComp. PeriodRomantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
External Links Wikipedia article No.1
Wikipedia article No.2
Wikipedia article No.3
Instytut Fryderyka Chopina No.1
Instytut Fryderyka Chopina No.2
Instytut Fryderyka Chopina No.3
All Music Guide No.1
All Music Guide No.2
All Music Guide No.3
All Music Guide All

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
Miscellaneous
  • Allegretto and Mazurka
  • Allegretto in F-sharp major
  • Allegro de concert, Op.46
  • Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22
  • Andantino, B.117
  • Barcarolle, Op.60
  • Berceuse, Op.57
  • Bolero, Op.19
  • Bourrée No.1, Op.D2 No.1
  • Bourrée No.2, Op.D2 No.2
  • Canon in F minor (Fragment)
  • Cantabile in B-flat major, B.84
  • Casta Diva, Op.D1 No.1
  • Contredanse in G-flat major, B.17
  • 3 Ecossaises, Op.72 No.3
    • No. 1 in D major
    • No. 2 in G major
    • No. 3 in D major
  • Fantaisie, Op.49
  • Fugue in A minor, B.144
  • Gallop marquis
  • Hexaméron: Variation No.6
  • Largo in E-flat major, B.109
  • Marche funèbre, Op.72 No.2
  • Moderato in E major, B.151
  • Rondo à la mazur, Op.5
  • Rondo in C major, Op.73 (2 Pianos)
  • Rondo in C minor, Op.1
  • Rondo in E-flat major, Op.16
  • Tarantella, Op.43

What grade is Waltz in C Sharp Minor?

The Waltz in C-sharp minor (Op. 64, No. 2) is still a Grade 9 piece.

What piano grade is Waltz in C Sharp Minor?

Composer
Frédéric Chopin
Title
Waltz in C# minor Op 64 No 2
ID
64.02
Grade
9
Syllabus
RCM
Waltz in C# minor Op 64 No 2 - Piano Syllabus - Details Pagepianosyllabus.com › x-detailnull

What form is Chopin Waltz in C Sharp Minor?

This Waltz takes the form of a ternary dance miniature; it is a dance with trio.

How many Chopin waltzes are there?

The waltzes are among the best known and loved of Chopin's works. He wrote around twenty-five works in the waltz convention, of which eighteen have survived (as well as one piece of not entirely certain authenticity).