Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in B Minor

Description

• Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Instrumentation: Piano
• Work: Piano Sonata in B-flat Minor, MWV U 42
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790300730899
• Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
• Pages: 16
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

The manuscript of this relatively unknown single-movement sonata is dated November 27, 1823, and thus is from Mendelssohn’s formative student period in Berlin. It is contemporaneous with several instrumental works, including the young composer’s Concerto in E Major for two pianos (September 13 – October 17, 1823), the Piano Quartet in f Minor, Op. 2 (November 19 – December 7, 1823), and the Viola Sonata in c Minor (November 27, 1823 – February 14, 1824). Mendelssohn also finished during 1823 several string sinfonias, a string quartet in E-flat Major, and the Singspiel “Die beiden Neffen.”