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noun Music.
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
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Sonata
is always a great word to know.
So is quarter note. Does it mean:
| note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note |
| note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note |
Example Sentences
- Beethoven's final sonata for piano and violin, which concluded the evening, is distinguished by its lyrical serenity.
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World English Dictionary
| sonata (səˈnɑːtə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sonata form symphony See also concerto an instrumental composition, usually in three or more movements, for piano alone (piano sonata) or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (violin sonata, cello sonata, etc) |
| 2. | a one-movement keyboard composition of the baroque period |
| [C17: from Italian, from sonare to sound, from Latin] | |
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Word Origin & History
sonata
1694, from It. sonata "piece of instrumental music," 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)). Meaning narrowed by mid-18c. toward application to large-scale works
EXPANDin three or four movements.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
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”).
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Computing Dictionary
Sonata definition
operating systemThe 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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