Definition of Sonatina

1. Noun. A short and simple sonata.

Generic synonyms: 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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sonatina

1. a short sonata [n -TINAS or -TINE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonatina

sonancies
sonancy
sonant
sonantal
sonantic
sonants
sonar
sonarlike
sonarman
sonarmen
sonars
sonata
sonata form
sonatalike
sonatas
sonatina (current term)
sonatinas
sonatine
sonce
sonces
sondage
sondages
sonde
sondeli
sondelis
sonder
sonders
sondes
sone
sonepiprazole

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. ..."

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