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Webster 1913 Edition
Sonata
So-na′ta
,Noun.
[It., fr. It. & L.
sonare
to sound. See Sound
a noise.] (Mus.)
An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements;
as, Beethoven’s
sonatas
for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.☞ The same general structure prevails in symphonies, instrumental trios, quartets, etc., and even in classical concertos. The sonata form, distinctively, characterizes the quick opening movement, which may have a short, slow introduction; the second, or slow, movement is either in the song or variation form; third comes the playful minuet or the more modern scherzo; then the quick finale in the rondo form. But both form and order are sometimes exceptional.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sonata
SON'ATA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sonata
sonata
English
Noun
sonata (plural sonatas)
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
a musical composition for one or a few instruments
Anagrams
Esperanto
Adjective
sonata (accusative singular sonatan, plural sonataj, accusative plural sonatajn)
- singular present passive participle of soni
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
sonata f
Declension
declension of sonata