1, for solo piano is Chopin's first published work, published in 1825,[1] and dedicated to "Madame de Linde", the wife of the headmaster of the Lyceum at which Chopin was studying.
The second phase moves to D♭ major, finishing in C minor for a final statement of the theme.
[1] Chopin premiered the work at a concert on 10 June 1825 in the auditorium of the Warsaw Conservatory.
The performance gained a review in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung of Leipzig (probably written by Chopin's teacher Józef Elsner) praising its "wealth of musical ideas".
[3] Robert Schumann wrote to his teacher Friedrich Wieck of the Rondo in 1832: "Chopin's first work (I believe firmly that it is his 10th) is in my hands: a lady would say that it was very pretty, very piquant, almost Moschelesque.