[1] The work is written in a proto-Romantic style that anticipates the later stylistic developments of composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Felix Mendelssohn, and Johannes Brahms.

"[2] The second movement, marked Largo con molto espressione, is in B minor and 3/4 time.

The finale is in rondo form and returns to the sonata's home key of F-sharp minor.

It is the most technically challenging movement, featuring double thirds and fugal passages.

Joel Lester points out the similarities between this sonata and Schumann's Allegro Op.