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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 ]
Sonatine is a piano work written by Maurice Ravel.Although Ravel wrote in his autobiography that he wrote the sonatina after his piano suite Miroirs, it seems to have been written between 1903 and 1905. [1]
The Sonatina in F major is a composition for solo piano in two movements, attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven (listed as Anh. 5 No. 2 in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue), ...
Erik Tawaststjerna, who authored seminal biography on Sibelius, was an early, vocal advocate for many of the composer's piano pieces.. Robert Layton characterizes the Three Sonatinas as "probably Sibelius's most convincing keyboard works.
The Sonatina in G major is a composition for solo piano attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven (listed as Anh. 5 No. 1 in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue). The work was published in Hamburg , Germany, after Beethoven's death; its authenticity is doubtful, as it uses styles not previously seen in Beethoven's oeuvre.
sonatina A little sonata sonatine A little sonata, used in some countries instead of sonatina sonore Sonorous (Deep or ringing sound) sonoro With full sound sopra Above; directive to cross hands in a composition for piano, e.g. m.s. sopra: left hand over; opposite: sotto (below) sopra una corda or sull'istessa corda To be played on one string ...
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.
Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB. 69 is a piece for solo piano written in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Initially entitled Sonatina on Romanian folk tunes , it is based on folk tunes Bartók collected in his neighbour country Romania , which, even though he proclaimed Hungarian folk music was clearly superior, was a direct source of inspiration ...