Piano Sonata No. 3 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B♭ major, K. 281 / 189f, (1774) is a piano sonata in three movements:

Piano Sonata in B♭ major
No. 3
by W. A. Mozart
The young composer, a 1777 copy of a lost painting
Key	B♭ major
Catalogue	K. 281 / 189f
Style	Classical period
Composed	1774 (1774)
Movements	Allegro, Andante amoroso, Rondo (allegro)

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

A typical performance takes about 14 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.

External links

• Sonate in B KV 281: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Piano sonata in B♭ major, K. 281(189f) (interactive score) on Verovio Humdrum Viewer (Alte Mozart-Ausgabe version)