Felix Mendelssohn began composing his Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3, for piano, violin, viola and cello in late 1824 and completed it on 18 January 1825, just before his sixteenth birthday. The quartet was published later that year and was dedicated to Goethe whom Mendelssohn had met a few years earlier. Mendelssohn's three numbered piano quartets were the first works of his to be published, hence their opus numbers.

Date of composition 1825 (late 1824 and completed it on 18 January 1825)
Type Piano Quartet
Tonality B Minor
Catalogue Op. 3
Approx. duration 30 minutes
Instruments Piano
Violin
Viola
Cello
Autotranslations beta Felix Mendelssohn: Quatuor pour piano n°3 en si mineur, Op. 3
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartetto per pianoforte n. 3 in si minore, Op. 3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Quartett Nr. 3 für Klavier h-moll, Op. 3