Before we examine this work, we will give a passing glance at some less important early compositions of the maestro which were published posthumously.
There is first of all a Polonaise in G sharp minor, said to be of the year 1822, [FOOTNOTE: See No.

15 of the Posthumous Works in the Breitkopf and Hartel edition.] but which, on account of the savoir-faire and invention exhibited in it, I hold to be of a considerably later time.

Chopin's individuality, it is true, is here still in a rudimentary state, chiefly manifested in the light-winged figuration; the thoughts and the expression, however, are natural and even graceful, bearing thus the divine impress.

The echoes of Weber should be noted.

Of two mazurkas, in G and B flat major, of the year 1825, the first is, especially in its last part, rather commonplace; the second is more interesting, because more suggestive of better things, which the first is only to an inconsiderable extent.