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Pronunciation: [sənˈɑːtə] (IPA)

A sonata is a musical composition for a solo instrument or a small ensemble. There are many synonyms for the word sonata, such as concerto, symphony, suite, and serenade. Each of these words has a distinct meaning and musical structure. A concerto refers to a composition that features a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment, while a symphony is a larger work for a full orchestra. A suite is a collection of related movements, often inspired by dance, and a serenade is a piece of music composed for a small ensemble, typically performed outdoors in the evening. Each of these synonyms for sonata can be used in different contexts to describe various forms of classical music.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      sonate.
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Usage examples for Sonata

Everybody in the world can perform a play by Shakespeare, or play a sonata by Beethoven, and everybody can enjoy it as much as he pleases without keeping other people from enjoying it all they please.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
"Well, don't hate this storm," she said, "even if Mr. Kingsnorth did compare it to a sonata.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
"I have heard it said often," he replied, and he crashed into the master's B minor sonata, "The Invitation to Hissing and Stamping," as Gumprecht has christened it.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker

Famous quotes with Sonata

  • All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
    Samuel Beckett
  • Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used to come down here and we used to have lunch together in a very nice old hotel that's now not there.
    Elliott Carter
  • The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of physics or a law of the land, a poem or a policy, a sonata or a mechanical computer.
    Alfred Whitney Griswold
  • My 10th sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
    Alexander Scriabin
  • So, too, in the Vedanta the whole world is seen as the lila and the maya of the Self, the first word meaning "play" and the second having the complex sense of illusion (from the Latin ludere, to play), magic, creative power, art, and measuring—as when one dances or draws a design to a certain measure. From this point of view the universe in general and playing in particular are, in a special sense, "meaningless": that is, they do not—like words and symbols—signify or point to something beyond themselves, just as a Mozart sonata conveys no moral or social message and does not try to suggest the natural sounds of wind, thunder, or birdsong.
    Alan Watts

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