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Bookmark or Share- Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: John Suchet's guide to the musicBeethoven's Piano Sonatas: John Suchet's guide to the music. Of all the musical genres (that word again), the Piano Sonata is the only one that Beethoven worked on more or less consistently throughout his life. No large gaps as with the Symphonies or String Quartets.
- Sonata form | Classical Music Structure & Developmentsonata form, musical structure that is most strongly associated with the first movement of various Western instrumental genres, notably, sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets. Maturing in the second half of the 18th century, it provided the instrumental vehicle for much of the most profound musical thought until about the middle of the 19th ...
- Sonata form - WikipediaSonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period ).
- Sonata Form - Music Theory AcademyThe sonata is a piece of instrumental music made up (usually) of several contrasting movements (a movement is a bit like a “mini piece” within a whole sonata). Sonata Form describes the structure of an individual movement. You will usually hear it used in the first movement of a sonata, symphony or concerto (amongst other pieces of music as well).
- Sonata | Definition, Components, History, Examples, & FactsSonata, type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble, that typically consists of two to four movements, or sections, each in a related key but with a unique musical character. Deriving from the past participle of the Italian verb sonare, “to sound,”.
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