sonata

IPA: sʌnˈɑtʌ

(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.

Examples of "sonata" in Sentences

But whether they can be called a sonata is another question.
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).