The three Waltzes, Op. 34, were composed by
Frédéric Chopin from 1834 until 1838 and published in 1838.
Being among the longest of Chopin's waltzes, this waltz is in A-flat major. The piece is introduced with a fanfare before modulating to D-flat major for a dreamy middle section. The A-flat material is succeeded by a coda, which leads to the end of the piece.
This waltz is a sad, slow waltz in A minor. Although it was the first to be written out of the three, the waltz was the second to be published. The Polish Fryderyk Chopin Institute says that this piece was composed in 1831.
This waltz in F major was composed in 1838 and published in the same year.