Johann Nepomuk Hummel'sPiano Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 89 was composed inVienna in 1819 and published inLeipzig in 1821.^[1]

Along with the slightly earlierConcerto No. 2, it is written in a proto-Romantic style that anticipates the later stylistic developments of composers such asFrédéric Chopin,Robert Schumann,Felix Mendelssohn andFranz Liszt.^[2]

The work was a favourite of Liszt in his early career. After the teenager performed it at the Paris Opera,François-Joseph Fétis, musicologist and editor ofRevue Musicale, published a very unfavourable review. He was particularly critical of the speed with which Liszt took the Rondo finale.^[3]

The work is scored forpiano,flute, twooboes, 2clarinets in A, 2bassoons, 4horns in D, G, and B, 2trumpets in B,timpani, andstrings. Notable is the sparsely scored second movement nocturne, accompanied by only the horns, cellos, and basses.

The work is composed in traditional three movement form.

• I.Allegro moderato (B minor)
• II. Larghetto (G major)
• III. Finale: Vivace (B minor –B major)

• M.F. Humphries,The Piano Concertos of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, PhD Dissertation (Northwestern University, 1957)
• B.H. Kim,Johann Nepomuk Hummel and His Contribution to Piano Music and the Art of Playing the Piano (University of Rochester, 1967)

• Piano Concerto No. 3: Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project

• Concertos by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• Piano concertos
• 1819 compositions
• Compositions in B minor

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• Articles with International Music Score Library Project links