sonata
noun/səˈnɑːtə/
/səˈnɑːtə/
- a piece of music for one instrument or for one instrument and a piano, usually divided into three or four parts
- Beethoven’s piano sonatas
- a violin sonata
Word Originlate 17th cent.: Italian, literally ‘sounded’ (originally as distinct from ‘sung’), feminine past participle of sonare.Definitions on the go
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