The Piano Trio in C minor is an unnumbered work by Felix Mendelssohn. It was composed in 1820 and published posthumously in 1970. Unlike many other piano trios, this work is scored for piano, violin and viola. In key, all the movements are in minor and without major endings. Among the works by Mendelssohn, this is one of those least performed and recorded.
Contents
Movements
- Allegro (in C minor & sonata form, secondary theme in the exposition in E-flat major)
- Scherzo (in G minor & ternary form, middle section in G major)
- Adagio (in F minor & sonata form, secondary theme in the exposition in A-flat major)
- Allegro (in C minor & sonata form, secondary theme in the exposition in E-flat major)
Second Movement
To be precise the scherzo is in modified "minuet & trio" form, where the main scherzo features an extra introduction. In other words, the overall form can be represented as "Scherzo (ABBCC) - Trio (DDEE) - Scherzo da Capo (ABC)".
References
Piano Trio in C minor (Mendelssohn) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA