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Definition of Sonatina
1. Noun. A short and simple sonata.
Definition of Sonatina
1. n. A short and simple sonata.
Definition of Sonatina
1. Noun. A musical composition resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler. ¹
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Definition of Sonatina
1. a short sonata [n -TINAS or -TINE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonatina
Literary usage of Sonatina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Explanation of the by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"The term sonatina, as diminutive of "sonata," is applied without further
qualification to the ... The diagram of the sonatina-form is as follows: Coda 134. ..."
2. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"The diagram of the sonatina-form is as follows: Coda 134. As pointed out in Ex.
37, note *1), which review, all of the larger forms follow the same schedule ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Musical Form: On the Basis of Ludwig Bussler's by John Henry Cornell, Ludwig Bussler (1883)
"If, for instance, our model sonatina (Fig. 237) were in c-minor, the Intermediate
Group would have to lead into .E'b-major, thus: 239. ..."