2).

This concludes our survey of the compositions of Chopin's first period.
In the legacy of a less rich man, the Funeral March in C minor, Op.

72b, composed (according to Fontana) in 1829, [FOOTNOTE: In Breitkopf and Hartel's Gesammtausgabe of Chopin's works will be found 1826 instead of 1829.

This, however, is a misprint, not a correction.]would be a notable item; in that of Chopin it counts for little.

Whatever the shortcomings of this composition are, the quiet simplicity and sweet melancholy which pervade it must touch the hearer.