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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 ]
Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [2] [3] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
Sonata is a vague term, with varying meanings depending on the context and time period. By the early 19th century it came to represent a principle of composing large-scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded—alongside the fugue —as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music.
Sonatina is a work for piano solo in three movements composed in 1926–27 by John Ireland (1879–1962). [1] He dedicated it to his friend, the conductor and BBC music producer, Edward Clark . [ 2 ]
Farhang-e-Asifiya (Urdu: فرہنگ آصفیہ, lit. 'The Dictionary of Asif') is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi. [1] It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes. [2] It was first published in January 1901 by Rifah-e-Aam Press in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. [3] [4]
An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A tiny woodwind instrument Sordun: deaf, dull in sound: An archaic double-reed wind instrument Timpani: drums: Large drums Tuba: tube: A large brass instrument Viola: viola, orig. Latin vitulari "be joyful" A medium-sized stringed instrument Viola d'amore ...
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Punjabi-Urdu Dictionary (Sachal Studios and the Punjabi Adabi Board, 2009) by Sardar Mohammad Khan. [19] [20] [21] A Punjabi-Urdu dictionary that covers 64 varieties of Punjabi over around 3,600 pages, containing idioms, riddles, and treatises related to Punjabi traditions and customs. [19] [22] The author is an ethnic Pathan. [22]