Romance Excerpt from Piano Concerto No. 1 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) By Valérie Duchâteau-Contrary to what its title indicates, this concerto is chronologically the composer's second. The reason for this chronological inversion is not very clear; it seems that Chopin proposed both manuscripts to a publisher but that only this opus was selected and published at first. This Romance is taken from the second movement.