Composed in 1832, it is a technically challenging piece in A-B-A form, in 2/4. The first section, Larghetto (mm.40), features an intricate, elaborately ornamental melody over an even quaver bass. The second section, labelled doppio movimento (double speed), resembles a scherzo with dotted quaver-semi quaver melody, semiquavers in a lower voice in the right hand, and large jumps in the bass. The final section is a shortened version of the first (14 bars rather than 24) with characteristic cadenzas and elaboration, finishing with an arpeggio on F♯ major, falling at first, then dying away.
| Tempo | Lento |
| Date of composition | 1833 (1830-1833) |
| First published | 1834 |
| Type | Nocturne |
| Tonality | G Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 15 |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne n°3 en sol mineur, Op. 15 Fryderyk Chopin: Notturno n. 3 in sol minore, Op. 15 Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Nr. 3 g-moll, Op. 15 |