Piano Sonata No.3 | |
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by Frédéric Chopin | |
Key | B minor |
Opus | 58 |
Form | Piano sonata |
Composed | 1844 |
Published | 1845 |
Duration | About 23-30 minutes |
Movements | Four |
The Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, is a piano sonata in four movements composed by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin; it is the second of the composer's three mature sonatas(the others being the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, and the Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor, Op. 65). Completed in 1844 and published in 1845,[1] the work is considered to be one of Chopin's most difficult compositions, both technically and musically.[2] The work has a structure similar to Piano Sonata No. 5 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 81 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel.[3] A performance of the sonata lasts around 23 to 30 minutes, depending on whether the repetition of the exposition in the first movement is observed. The work is dedicated to Countess Élise de Perthuis .