The Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39, in C-sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. This is the most terse, ironic, and tightly constructed of the four scherzos, with an almost Beethovenian grandeur.
Date of composition | 1839 in Valldemossa, Spain |
Type | Scherzo |
Tonality | C-sharp Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 39 |
Instruments | Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo n°3 en do dièse mineur, Op. 39 Fryderyk Chopin: Scherzo n. 3 in do diesis minore, Op. 39 Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo Nr. 3 cis-moll, Op. 39 |