Sonata
Word | SONATA |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | so na ta |
Pronunciations | /səˈnɑːtə/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Sonata"
What do we mean by sonata?
A composition for one or more solo instruments, one of which is usually a keyboard instrument, usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo. noun
In music, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, any composition for instruments: opposed to cantata. noun
In recent music, an instrumental work, especially for the pianoforte, made up of three or four movements in contrasted rhythms but related keys, one or more of which are written in sonata form. noun
Exposition, containing the first subject, followed by the second, properly in the key of the dominant or in the relative major (if the first be minor); noun
Development or working out, consisting of a somewhat free treatment of the two subjects or parts of them, either singly or in conjunction; noun
Restatement containing the two subjects in succession, both in the original key, with a conclusion. The succession of sections and the relations of keys are open to considerable variation, and episodes often occur. The sonata form is distinctive of at least one movement of a sonata or symphony, and usually of the first and last; it also appears in many overtures. noun
An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements noun
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 noun
A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms noun
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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