For the detailed form of an individual musical movement, see Sonata form. For other uses, see Sonata (disambiguation).
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Ludwig van Beethoven's manuscript sketch for Piano Sonata No. 28, Movement IV Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro), in his own handwriting. The piece was completed in 1816.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Vivace alla marcia
III. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto IV. Allegro
Performed by Daniel Veesey
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Sonata (/səˈnɑːtə/; Italian: [soˈnaːta], pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare [archaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by suonare], "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung.[1]: 17 The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance. Sonata is a vague term, with varying meanings depending on the context and time period. By the early 19th century, it came to represent a principle of composing large-scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded—alongside the fugue—as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. Though the musical style of sonatas has changed since the Classical era, most 20th- and 21st-century sonatas still maintain the same structure.
The term sonatina, pl. sonatine, the diminutive form of sonata, is often used for a short or technically easy sonata.
^Newman, William S. (1983). The Sonata in the Baroque Era (Fourth ed.). Q. Q. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393952754.
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