The sonata remains the most popular of the three works, and has established itself in the standard repertoire. The work was also a personal favorite of Grieg's. The sonata premiered with Grieg himself at the piano with well-known violinist Adolph Brodsky in Leipzig. To a certain extent, Grieg built on Norwegian folk melodies and rhythms in this three-movement sonata. However, Grieg considered the second sonata as the "Norwegian" sonata, while the third sonata was "the one with the broader horizon."

Date of composition 1887 in Troldhede, Denmark
Type Sonata
Tonality C Minor
Catalogue Op. 45
Instruments Violin
Piano
Autotranslations beta Edvard Grieg: Sonate pour violon n°3 en do mineur, Op. 45
Edvard Grieg: Sonata per violino n. 3 in do minore, Op. 45
Edvard Grieg: Sonate Nr. 3 für Violine c-moll, Op. 45