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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024so•na•ta /səˈnɑtə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tas. - Music and Dancemusic written for a solo instrument or a small number of instruments, in three or four movements.
See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•na•ta (sə nä′tə),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]- Music and Dancea composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Latin sonāta, feminine of sonātus (past participle of sonāre to sound1). See sonant, -ate1
- Italian
- 1685–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sonata /səˈnɑːtə/ n - an instrumental composition, usually in three or more movements, for piano alone (piano sonata) or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (violin sonata, cello sonata, etc)
See also sonata form - a one-movement keyboard composition of the baroque period
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian, from sonare to sound, from Latin |