費德里克‧法蘭斯瓦‧蕭邦(Frédéric François Chopin, 1810-1849)，是歷史上最著名亦是最具影響力的作曲家及鋼琴家之一，在音樂史裡佔有最重要的地位，同時也是十九世紀歐洲浪漫主義音樂的代表人物。
蕭邦一生中共做了四首帶有幻想標題的樂曲，最早的是1818年，他年輕時所寫的為鋼琴和管弦樂團的《波蘭歌謠幻想曲》(Fantaisie brillante on Polish Airs in A major, Op.13)，此曲一來是年輕時的作品，迎合當時流行的華麗風格並尚未豐富呈現蕭邦的個人特色；二來在編制上是協奏曲形式，故不在筆者討論的範圍內。
蕭邦真正以幻想曲為標題的樂曲為1839年所做的《幻想曲》(Fantasy in F minor, Op.49)，此曲也是其一生中唯一一首幻想曲作品；在1845年的《幻想波蘭舞曲》(Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61)中，蕭邦融合了兩種曲式─幻想曲與波蘭舞曲─成為他去世前的傑作之一；蕭邦去世後，1855年《幻想即興曲》(Fantaisie-impromptu, Op.66)出版，並成為蕭邦的作品中最膾炙人口的曲子之一。
筆者將以上述三首帶有「幻想」標題的樂曲為題，討論蕭邦對於幻想曲的概念，思考浪漫樂派的蕭邦心中的幻想特徵。希望能以此詮釋報告，理解知曉蕭邦之幻想概念，並如何應用在其樂曲中，以何種方式表達並獲得效果，三首樂曲之間的關聯與差異，在練習時又能從那些不同面向上觀察與排演。最後的目標即是能將三首樂曲透徹的演奏，讓蕭邦所悉心描繪之音樂傳達到聽者心中。

參考文獻
樂譜

Fryderyk Chopin: Complete Works, ed. I.J. Paderewski, L. Bronaeski, J. Turczynski, 8th Edition. Warsaw: Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 1953.

National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin, ed. Jan Ekier. Warsaw: Polsie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2000.

外文期刊

Bellman, Jonathan. “Chopin and His Imitators: Notated Emulations of the "True Style" of Performance.” 19th-Century Music, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Autumn, 2000): 149-160.

Cripps, A. Redgrave. “Chopin as a Master of Form.” The Musical Times, Vol. 55, No. 858 (Aug. 1, 1914), 517-519.

_______.“Chopin as a Master of Form (Continued).” The Musical Times, Vol. 55, No. 859 (Sep. 1, 1914): 576-577.

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Spicer, Mark J. “Root versus Linear Analysis of Chromaticism: A Comparative Study of Selected Excerpts from the Oeuvres of Chopin.” College Music Symposium, Vol. 36, (1996): 138-147.

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外文專書

Abraham, Gerald. Chopin's Musical Style. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946.

Eigeldinger, Jean Jacques. Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as seen by his Pupils. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

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Wolff, Konrad. Masters of the Keyboard: Individual Style Elements in the Piano Music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990.

Zamoyski, Adam. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics. London: HarperPress, 2010.

中文專書

杜夢絃。《蕭邦的和聲硏究》。高雄：頌音，1991。

泰德‧蕭爾兹。《蕭邦在巴黎：浪漫時期的音樂大師與文化風貌》。馬永波 譯。台北：高談文化，2007。

林慧珍。《幻想曲風：貝多芬、舒伯特、蕭邦及法雅的鋼琴幻想曲演奏詮釋與探究》。 台北：藝術館，2007。

焦元溥。《聽見蕭邦》。台北：聯經，2010。

影音資料
“Artur Rubinstein - The Chopin Collection: The Sonatas, Fantaisie in F Minor” by Artur Rubinstein (1990).

“Chopin: 4 Ballades, Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op.60; Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49” by Krystian Zimerman (1990).

“Chopin: Ballade No. 4, Polonaise-fantaisie, Barcarolle, Berceuse” byVladimir Ashkenazy (2001).

“Chopin: 4 Ballades; Fantaisie, Op.49; Prelude, Op.45” by Maurizio Pollini (1999).

“Chopin: 4 Ballades / Polonaise-Fantaisie / Fantaisie-Impromptu” by Freddy Kempf (2009)

“Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2; Polonaises; Fantaisie-Impromptu; Scherzo No. 1 [Great Performances] ” by Vladimir Horowitz (2007).

“Chopin: Piano Works: Fantasie-Imprompt/Ballade No. 3/Barcarolle/2 Nocturnes/2 Waltzes and other works” by Claudio Arrau (1990).

“Chopin's Greatest Hits Van Cliburn Polonaise in A-Flat, Minute Waltz, Revolutionary Etude, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Nocturne in E Flat and more Record Vinyl Album” by Van Cliburn.

“Chopin: Scherzi 1-4 / Polonaise Fantasie” by Claudio Arrau (1990).

“Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E / Chopin: AndanteSpianato et Grande Polanaise for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 22 / Polonaise Fantaisie, Op. 61 / Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 / Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54” by Sviatoslav Richter (1988).

“Michelangeli Plays Chopin Scherzo, Op.20; Fantaisie, Op.49; Three Walzes; Seven Mazurkas” by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1999).

“Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues; Chopin: Etudes; Polonaise-Fantaisie” by Sviatoslav Richter (2008).

網路資訊
JSTOR Arts & Sciences III Collection
www.jstor.org/

Naxos Music Online
www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/

Oxford Music Online
www.oxfordmusiconline.com/

Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
pl.chopin.nifc.pl/institute/