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A sonatina (French: “sonatine”, German: “Sonatine") is a small sonata. As a musical term, sonatina has no single strict definition; it is rather a title applied by the composer to a piece that is in basic sonata form , but is shorter and lighter in character, or technically more elementary, than a typical sonata. [ 1 ]
Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB. 69 is a piece for solo piano written in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.Initially entitled Sonatina on Romanian folk tunes, it is based on folk tunes Bartók collected in his neighbour country Romania, which, even though he proclaimed Hungarian folk music was clearly superior, was a direct source of inspiration all along his active years.
Erik Tawaststjerna, who authored seminal biography on Sibelius, was an early, vocal advocate for many of the composer's piano pieces.. Robert Layton characterizes the Three Sonatinas as "probably Sibelius's most convincing keyboard works.
Sonatina for flute and piano (1947) Paul Hindemith. Sonata for flute and piano (1936) Bertold Hummel. Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 107a (2001) Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Sonata in D, Op. 50 (c1810–14) Sonata in A, Op. 64 (c1814–15) Philipp Jarnach. Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 12 (1919) Sándor Jemnitz. Sonata for flute and piano, Op ...
The four short movements of the sonatina each exhibit a simple and clear, formal structure (hence the diminutive, cf. sonata).They all contain themes, which, like those already found in his other American chamber works (the String Quartet in F and the String Quintet in E ♭), owe their inspiration to Indian melodies and Negro spirituals, which are characterized by pentatonic scales and ...
Sonata – Composition for one or more instruments, typically in three or four movements. Flute sonata – Sonata specifically composed for the flute. Sonatina – Short sonata, often simpler in structure and melody, used as a teaching tool or for less formal occasions. Trio sonata – Form of sonata for two melodic instruments and basso continuo.
Instrument Picture Classification H-S Number Elementary organology class Origin Common classification Relation Celesta-struck idiophone-metallophone-set of percussion plaques
Darius Milhaud: Sonatina for Clarinet (1927) George Frederick Linstead: Clarinet Sonata (1932?) [5] John Cage: Sonata for Solo Clarinet (1933) Arnold Bax: Clarinet Sonata in E major (1901) Clarinet Sonata in D major (1934) [8] Antoni Szalowski: Clarinet Sonatina (1936) Mary Lucas: Clarinet Sonata (1938) [9] Paul Hindemith: Clarinet Sonata (1939)