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The most common meaning is a short, easy sonata suitable for students, such as the piano sonatinas of Clementi. However, by no means are all sonatinas technically undemanding, for example the virtuoso sonatinas of Busoni and Alkan , and the Sonatine of Ravel , whose title reflects its neo-classical quality.
Richard Hofmann (30 April 1844 – 11 November 1918) was a German composer and music teacher who worked in Leipzig. Richard Hofmann was born in Delitzsch where his father was the municipal music director. He studied with Raimund Dreyschock (1824–1869) and Salomon Jadassohn and settled in Leipzig as a music teacher. [1]
Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Sonata for 8 H 548 (date unknown) Johann Sebastian Bach. Sonatas for solo violin (BWV 1001, 1003 and 1005) Sonatas for flute and continuo (BWV 1034, 1035)
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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]
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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 ...
In 1816, Franz Schubert composed his first three violin sonatas, D 384, 385 and 408. They were published after the composer's death as Sonatinas in 1836 (Op. posth. 137). These sonatas breathe an intimate atmosphere, requiring relatively little virtuoso bravura from their performe