The Norwegian composer Edvard Hagerup Grieg wrote three sonatas for violin and piano, in this thesis, the sonata No. 3 in c minor is taken as a target to discuss the characteristics. Grieg finished this sonata in the 1887, the maturity stage of his creation. This work is written in a typical sonata form with a Norwegian Nationalism style, it is also the most popular piece of the three works and widely considered a supreme work of Grieg. Base on these reasons, we want to further realize how Grieg used and developed nationalism in the compositions, also, we discussed the characteristics of the music and the interpretation issue through analysis the musical form and the glossaries of musical terminology. There are four chapters in the thesis: chapter one is introduction; chapter two is the analysis of musical form and style according to the viewpoint of harmony, tonality, melody, tempo and rhythm; chapter three is the dissection of interpretation of bowing and fingering; the chapter four is conclusion.

Lee, Yi-Ching Violin Recital

J.S Bach ( 1685-1750)：Partita for Solo Violin no.2 in d minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona

Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sonata for Piano and Violin No.3 in g minor

I. Allegro Vivo

II. Intermède

III. Très animé

W.A Mozart (1756-1791)：Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, KV. 301

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Allegro

E. Grieg (1843-1907) : Sonata for piano and violin No.3 in c minor, op.45

I. Allegro molto ed appassionato

II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza

III. Allegro animato