Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 — complete

Frédéric Chopin (1,810–1,849)

First published: 1845
Key: B minor
Style: Romantic
Level: Fellowship and Concert
Roughly: ABRSM FRSM · Trinity FTCL · Henle 9
Lesson: C.6 Preserve contrast across a complete late sonata
Musicianship: C.6 Every interval
Focus: Balance complete sonata architecture, Allegro maestoso counterpoint, fleet Scherzo, sustained Largo and the cumulative drive of the finale.

What its lesson teaches

C.6 Preserve contrast across a complete late sonata

Learn the complete B-minor Sonata, Op. 58, with all four movements. Compare the first movement’s corresponding thematic passages, the Scherzo’s lightness, the Largo’s long line and the Finale’s forward motion. Build movement-specific memory landmarks before rehearsing the full order with realistic pauses. Test whether the final movement still has room to intensify after the earlier climaxes, rather than giving every movement the same dynamic trajectory.

Ideas: Large forms and cycles
Memorising from structure
Recital architecture
Theory cards: Weighing sonata arrivals
Recovering in a programme
Technique: Chromatic minor thirds from B, hands together, 2 octaves
B harmonic minor scale, hands together, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Website: https://chopinscores.org

Digital scores: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Adapted by Musalea: converted to MusicXML with every bar the converter misread rebuilt from the encoding and the performance markings restored; a complete cycle or sonata is joined in order without changing the music.

Practice tempos: from the encoding where it gives them, otherwise from Kullak's recommendations (1881–1883) or chosen by Musalea; they are practice targets, not the composer's metronome marks. The printed tempo words are kept and no number is shown in the score.

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, first German edition, July 1845, plate 7260

Encoding source: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions

Digital licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ · CC BY 4.0

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 — complete

First Editions of Fryderyk Chopin's Music

Digital licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CC-BY-4.0

Source: https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/058-1-BH-001.krn, https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/058-1-BH-002.krn, https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/058-1-BH-003.krn, https://github.com/pl-wnifc/humdrum-chopin-first-editions/blob/95dfb105c1669c72d10b04088566154f12d3dc1c/kern/058-1-BH-004.krn

Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The other lesson pieces of Fellowship and Concert

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 — complete cycle, Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato, Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 — complete, Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor “Winter Wind”, Op. 25 No. 11, Frédéric Chopin
Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21, FWV 21; CFF 24, César Franck
Étude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12, Frédéric Chopin
24 Preludes, Op. 28 — complete cycle, Frédéric Chopin
Toccata in C major, Op. 92, Carl Czerny
Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: III. Scarbo, Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 — complete, Frédéric Chopin

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