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nouna musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting formstype of:
Definition that contains sonata
- movement a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
- development (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- symphony a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
- exposition (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
- bloch United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959)
- rondo a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
- recapitulation (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
- minuet a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
- piano sonata a sonata for piano
- sonatina a short and simple sonata