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sonata, type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble, that typically consists of two to four movements, or sections, each in a related key but with a unique musical character.

As with the cantata, in the mid-Baroque there was a tendency to divide trio sonatas into two categories: sontata da camera and sonata da chiesa. Although those names indicate music for court vs. music for church, the reality is that both types were often used as concert pieces.

The basic elements of sonata form are three: exposition, development, and recapitulation, in which the musical subject matter is stated, explored or expanded, and restated.

The Italian word sonata has come to mean "piece of instrumental music," although its literal translation is "sounded" or "played." This is in contrast to another Italian musical term, cantata, which means "sung," or "musical piece that is sung."

In relation to classical music, sonata means the piece is performed by an instrument typically a piano or another instrument accompanied by a piano – rather than being something that is performed vocally (the term 'cantata' is used to describe a piece that is sung).

Sonata (/səˈnɑːtə/; Italian: [soˈnaːta], pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare [archaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by suonare], "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung.

It combines the word "cantata," which is a type of vocal music, with Italian word suonare, which refers to instrumental music. A strong early example of the sonata form in practice is Pergolesi's Trio Sonata No. 3 in G Major, written some time before the composer's death in 1736.

Type 1 sonatas are those that contain only an exposition and recapitulation, with no minimal link between them, while the Type 2 sonatas are those structures in which what others have called the “recapitulation” begins not with the onset of the primary theme, but substantially after the point, which is commonly around ...

It is a genre that can include either one movement or many movements. The first movement of the sonata usually includes a sonata form. Many important composers have contributed to the piano repertoire by composing a variety of sonatas. The sonata genre is also very similar to the symphony.

sonata-allegro The first movement is, by definition, written in sonata form, in a fast tempo (allegro), and in the home key of the overall piece. This movement can also be called the sonata-allegro.

A sonata is a piece for 1,2,3 instruments composed in the construction described above. A symphony is the similar composition like a sonata but for a chamber orchestra or a full orchestra. A (classical) Concerto can be explained as a Symphony for a solo instrument (or more) and a full orchestra.

The sonata form is a mainstay of classical music theory. In addition to its well-known application in piano sonatas, the classical sonata form has guided the construction of many symphonies, concertos, and string quartets.