Violin Sonata No. 3 (Enescu)

Violin Sonata No. 3
Chamber music by George Enescu
George Enescu (right) and Alfred Cortot in 1930
KeyA minor
Opus25
Composed1926 (1926)
DedicationFranz Kneisel
PerformedJanuary 1927 (1927-01), Oradea
Published1933 (1933)
Movements3
Scoring
  • violin
  • piano

The Sonata No. 3 in A minor "dans le caractère populaire roumain" (in Romanian Folk Style) for violin and piano, Op. 25, is a chamber music composition written in 1926 by the Romanian composer George Enescu. The score, published in 1933, is dedicated to the memory of the violinist Franz Kneisel. It is one of the composer's most popular and at the same time most critically respected works.