Simultaneous publication was aimed at, as we see from Chopin’s letters, but the dates of the list show that it was rarely attained. The appearance of the works in France seems to have in most cases preceded that in Germany; in the case of the Tarantelle, Op. 43, I found the English edition first advertised (October 28, 1841). Generally there was approximation if not simultaneity.
I.—Works
published with opus numbers during
the
composer’s lifetime.
Dates original of German & French publication titles with references publishers.
1825. Op.1. Premier Rondeau
[C minor] Brzezina.
pour
le piano. Dedie a Mme. de A. M. Schlesinger.
Linde.—Vol.
I, pp. 52, 53-54, M. Schlesinger
55,
112;—Vol. II, p.87
[1830, Op.2. La ci darem la mano [B
flat T. Haslinger
about March] major] varie pour le piano, avec M.
Schlesinger
(September accompagnement d’orchestre.
Dedie
21, 1834.) a Mr. Woyciechowski.—Vol.
I., pp.
53,
62, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101,
105,
112, 116-118, 120, 163, 241;
Vol.
II., p.87, 212
[1833 in op.3. Introduction et Polonaise
Mechetti
print.] brillante [C major], pour piano S.
Richault
June, 1835) et violincelle Dediee d Mr. Joseph
Merk.—Vol.I.,
pp. 129, 200-201;
—Vol.
II., p. 87.