Piano Sonata No. 3 (Chopin)

Piano Sonata No.3
by Frédéric Chopin
Chopin daguerreotype, c. 1849
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.^{[citation needed][2][3]} The work has a structure similar to Piano Sonata No. 5 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 81 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel.^[4] 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.