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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 ]
Although various composers in the 17th century had written keyboard pieces which they entitled "Sonata", it was only in the classical era, when the piano displaced the earlier harpsichord and sonata form rose to prominence as a principle of musical composition, that the term "piano sonata" acquired a definite meaning and a characteristic form.
Complete list; Pietro Domenico Paradisi. Keyboard sonata in A major; Jean-Féry Rebel. 12 sonates à 2 ou 3 parties, Book of twelve sonatas in 2 or 3 parts (composed in 1695, published in Paris in 1712) 12 Sonates à violon seul mellées de plusieurs récits pour la viole, 12 sonatas for violin solo mixed with récits for viol, (Paris 1713)
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 ...
Sonates sans basse and Canonic Sonatas, both sets for two instruments (e.g. violins) Alice Tegnér. Sonata for violin and piano in A minor (1901) [24] (you can also find the music notes for both parts at this reference) Susan Trew. Sonata for violin and piano (1893) Eduard Tubin. Violin Sonata No. 1 (1936) Violin Sonata No. 2 in Phrygian key (1949)
These works are in Category XVII of the Hoboken catalogue. Capriccio in G major on "Acht Sauschneider müssen sein", Hob. XVII/1; Twenty Variations in G major, Hob.XVII/2
Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' sonata is frequently performed. Mozart was instrumental in the development of the classical violin sonata of which at least 36 are known. Mozart wrote mostly two movement sonatas, generally a fast movement in sonata form and a second, slower movement in various formats.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [1] and one unfinished sonata, WoO. 51.)Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. [2]