It was written in c. 1830 and published in 1871/72. It was the second of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given a posthumous opus number. (The first was the Waltz in E minor.) It appears in Brown's catalogue as B. 44, in Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/12, and in Chomiński (pl)'s as P1/12.

Date of composition 1830 (1829-1830)
First published 1871-1872
Type Waltz
Tonality E Major
Instruments Piano
Autotranslations beta Frédéric Chopin: Valse n°15 en mi majeur
Fryderyk Chopin: Valzer n. 15 in mi maggiore
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 15 E-dur