单词 | sonata |
释义 | sonatan. 1. Originally: †a musical composition for instruments, opposed to a cantata for voices (obsolete). Later: spec. a composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form (see sonata form n. at Compounds 2). Also in extended use.Cf. sonata da camera n., sonata da chiesa n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > instrumental piece fanfarea1605 sonata1683 instrumental1700 song without words1838 canzona- society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > sonata sonata1786 1683 H. Purcell (title) Sonnata's of III parts: two viollins and basse: to the organ or harpsecord. 1694 H. Purcell Playford's Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 12) 116 But if you Compose Sonata's, there one Treble has as much Predominancy as the other. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 28 May 2/1 He has made use of Italian Tunes and Sonnata's for promoting the Protestant Interest. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 447 Several..songs are performed, with sonatas or concertos between each. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (at cited word) The Sonata, of whatever kind, generally opens with an Adagio; and..concludes with an Allegro, or a Presto. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liii. 530 I have..gone accurately through the whole of Beethoven's Sonata in B. 1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 469 Morton had recommenced another sonata on his nasal organ. 1944 D. Tovey Chamber Music i. 9 The third movement of Bach's E major Sonata for cembalo and violin. 1976 Early Music 4 424/2 Most of the surviving English trumpet sonatas were written as instrumental sections to extended vocal pieces. 2015 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Apr. 58/3 Because of Schubert, song had become a musical form to rival the symphony, the string quartet, and the piano sonata. 2. As a mass noun: the class of music represented by sonatas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > sonata > as class of music sonata1780 1780 Encycl. Brit. VI. 4028/2 Key, in music, a certain fundamental note or tone to which the whole piece, be it in cantata, sonata, concerto, &c. is accommodated. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 176 This term [sc. ricercario], which implied any work of fancy, and original invention, was succeeded by Fantasia, as Fantasia was by Sonata. 1801 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 116/1 Nor less are Arne and Boyce distinguished as instrumental composers; in overture, in concerto, in symphony, and in sonata. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 558/2 The domain of Sonata was for a long while almost monopolised by violinists and writers for the violin. 1939 PMLA 54 767 Programs of dance music which were eventually built into the structure of sonata and symphony. 2012 Acta Musicologica 84 108 Elements of sonata and fugue are found throughout. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as sonata kind, sonata movement, sonata writing, etc. ΚΠ 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. ii. 25 I see you have a singing face; a heavy dull Sonato face. 1832 New Monthly Mag. 36 177/2 His celebrated ‘Opus II.’ which gave birth to a new era in Sonata writing. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 554/1 Abstract instrumental music of the Sonata kind. 1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 295 Mr. T. S. Eliot's new poem, The Dry Salvages..had a sonata movement, the recurring theme being the timelessness of experience. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xviii. 350 The musical construction of a sonata or a sonata-movement does not follow real or idealized feelings. 1998 D. A. Grayson Mozart v. 80 By sonata standards the solo has failed to provide a satisfactory second theme. C2. sonata form n. a structure used in musical composition, which may be analysed as consisting of three sections (exposition, development, and recapitulation) in which the musical possibilities of the thematic material (typically two contrasting themes or subjects) are explored.The sonata form is the basis for much classical music, including individual movements (frequently the first movement) of the sonata, symphony, and concerto. The exploitation and resolution of contrasts between different keys is an important feature of the form. The term is now chiefly used with reference to the structure of an individual movement, but has sometimes been used of the overall structure of a work in more than one movement, comparable to a sonata. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > form > [noun] > specific song form1746 sonata form1832 binary form1875 ternary form1875 1832 Harmonicon 10 257/2 M. Neukomm's divertimento is in three movements, in the sonata form. 1873 H. C. Banister Music 209 In Concertos..the Sonata form is extended. 1874 F. A. G. Ouseley Musical Form 54 The modern binary form is often but inaccurately styled ‘the sonata form’. 2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) iii. iv. 181 The usual progression to the relative minor in the development section of the sonata form. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adjective] > sonata sonatical1797 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 227 The symphony of the present day is perfectly sonatical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683 |
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