sonata
IPA: sʌnˈɑtʌ
noun
- (music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
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Examples of "sonata" in Sentences
- The finale is in sonata rondo form.
- The chord is featured in the sonata.
- The authenticity of the sonata is uncertain.
- Rubinstein premiered the 5th sonata in the West.
- The dedicatee of the Eigth Sonata was Mira Mendelssohn.
- The first movement of the sonata is hymn like and melodious.
- But whether they can be called a sonata is another question.
- The first movement is in the concerto variant of sonata form.
- The finale has the same structure as that of the previous sonata.
- The article on sonata is terrible, and the one on cantata is worse.
- The first movement is in sonata form, and the mood is often stormy.
- The term sonata in common usage can have one or more of three different meanings:
- This sonata is a major piece of music for both the violin and, in transcription, the guitar.
- By the term sonata-piece, however, is meant the particular movement of the sonata which gives the name to the whole piece.
- The term sonata was originally used in two senses: in its larger sense it indicates an extended musical composition with three or four movements, all which taken together form the sonata.
- In it, in fact, Beethoven may be said to have broken away from form, for after the word sonata he adds the qualifying phrase "quasi una fantasia," signifying that, although he calls the work a sonata, it has the characteristics of a free fantasy.
- Choices include the third movement of violin sonata no. 24 in C major (the high tones of the violin work wonders on the parasympathetic nerve), first movement of the oboe quartet in F major (the high frequency tones have a soothing effect on the cranial nerves) and the second movement of 35th symphony in D major (the calm arpeggios relieve tension from the body).