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Piano Sonata No. 3 op.3 in G Minor; Vasily Kalafati. Piano Sonata op.4 no.2 in D Minor; Alexei Stanchinsky. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G major (1912) Viktor Kosenko. Piano Sonata in B flat minor op. 13; Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Piano Sonata (1946) Earl Wild. Piano Sonata (2000) Alexander Glazunov. Piano Sonata No 1 in B flat minor, Op 74.
Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.
Many works by Schubert and later composers utilized even further harmonic convolutions. In the first subject group of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B ♭, D. 960, for example, the theme is presented three times, in B ♭ major, in G ♭ major, and then again in B ♭ major. The second subject group is even more wide-ranging.
D 568, Piano Sonata in D-flat major/E-flat major (1817, 2 versions; for the 1st version, the Scherzo in D-flat major, D 593 No. 2 possibly constitutes the third movement; the last movement is a fragment; NSA also appends an amended first movement from the 1st version; 2nd version first published as Op. posth. 122)
Sonata in B-flat for Keyboard, Violoncello and Violin (or Flute), K. 10 (1764) Sonata in G for Keyboard, Violoncello and Violin (or Flute), K. 11 (1764)
The problem with the terms used in this article becomes apparent when one needs to label subsidiary theme that are part of a group. For example, the 2nd subordiate theme would, in the terminology of the current article, be described as the "second subject of the second subject group." Accordingly I have switched terms.
In music, a sonata (/ s ə ˈ n ɑː t ə /; pl. sonate) [a] 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.
Exposition Haydn's Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI: G1, I, mm. 1-28 Play ⓘ. [1] In musical form and analysis, exposition is the initial presentation of the thematic material of a musical composition, movement, or section. The use of the term generally implies that the material will be developed or varied.