Piano Sonata No. 3 (Mozart)

Piano Sonata in B major
No. 3
by W. A. Mozart
1773 miniature of Mozart
KeyB major
CatalogueK. 281 / 189f
StyleClassical period
Composed1775 (1775)
MovementsAllegro, Andante amoroso, Rondo (allegro)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B major, K. 281/189f, (1775) is a piano sonata in three movements:[1]

  1. Allegro
  2. Andante amoroso (E major)[2]
  3. Rondo (allegro)

A performance takes approximately between 11½ and 15 minutes.

This piano sonata is one of the most virtuosic pieces Mozart ever composed, written during the visit Mozart paid to Munich for the production of La finta giardiniera from late 1774 to the beginning of the following March.

References

  1. ^ "KV 281, Sonata in B-flat for clavier", work details, including sound file, Köchel-Verzeichnis, International Mozarteum Foundation
  2. ^ "Piano Sonata B flat major K. 281 (189f)", G. Henle Verlag ISMN 979-0-2018-1053-9