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| a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys. |
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n. 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. [Italian, from feminine past participle of sonare, to sound, from Latin sonāre; see swen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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sonata
1694, from It. sonata "piece of instrumental music having three or four movements," lit. "sounded" (i.e. "played on an instrument," as opposed to cantata "sung"), fem. pp. of sonare "to sound," from L. sonare "to sound" (see sound (n.1)).
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| a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms |
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sonata [(suh-nah-tuh)]
A musical composition for one or two instruments, usually in three or four movements. The sonata of the classic era in music had a definite arrangement for its movements: the first and fourth had a fast tempo, the second had a slow tempo, and the third was in either playful style (a “scherzo”) or in dance form (a “minuet”).
[Chapter:] Fine Arts
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Sonata operating system
The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1999.
(http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/mar97/roadmap.html).
(1997-10-15)
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Sonata
So*na"ta\, n. [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. Note: 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 of the more modern scherzo; then the quick finale in the rondo form. But both form and order are sometimes exceptional.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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