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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]
a violin sonatina, six sonatas with piano, and three solo sonatas; Johann Paul von Westhoff. Sonata for violin and basso continuo (December 1682, published in Mercure galant) Sonate a Violino solo con basso continuo (Dresden, 1694) Charles-Marie Widor. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 50 ("sonata for piano and violin", 1881)
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.
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 sonata form is a guide to composers as to the schematic for their works, for interpreters to understand the grammar and meaning of a work, and for listeners to understand the significance of musical events. A host of musical details are determined by the harmonic meaning of a particular note, chord or phrase.
The score was used as the foundation of the George Balanchine ballet Serenade in 1934.; The waltz in the second movement was arranged for soprano and full orchestra for the 1945 MGM film Anchors Aweigh under the name "From the Heart of a Lonely Poet" and performed by Kathryn Grayson with José Iturbi conducting the MGM studio orchestra.
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 ]
These forms gradually developed into the trio sonata of the Baroque – two treble instruments and a bass instrument, often with a keyboard or other chording instrument (harpsichord, organ, harp or lute, for example) filling in the harmony. [7] Both the bass instrument and the chordal instrument would play the basso continuo part.