Polonaises, Op. posth. (Chopin)

posth[umous] include Frédéric Chopin's polonaises that were not given opus numbers.

71, which Chopin's assistant Julian Fontana published with the family approval.

On the other hand, it includes the early G minor polonaise (KK IIa No.

The piece was written in 1817, when he was only seven and was dedicated to Lady Wiktoria Skarbek, the wife of his godfather.

[6] This polonaise quotes the tenor cavatina "Vieni fra queste braccia" from Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which Chopin had seen with his father's friend, the composer Oskar Kolberg.