Sonata
noun
A piece of music that has three or four parts and is usually written for one instrument.
Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' is a masterful composition.
Often appears as...
- piano sonata
- violin sonata
Usage tips
Musical
noun
A piece of music that has three or four parts and is usually written for one instrument.
Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' is a masterful composition.
Often appears as...
- piano sonata
- violin sonata
Usage tips
Musical
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Pro Tip 1/3Classical Genre
A sonata is often associated with classical music, not pop or rock.
Mozart composed many sonatas for the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrumental Focus
Sonatas are typically instrumental, without vocals or lyrics.
She played a violin sonata at the recital.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Parts
A sonata usually has multiple movements, each with distinct character.
The second movement of his sonata was slow and contemplative.
Pro Tip 1/3Classical Genre
A sonata is often associated with classical music, not pop or rock.
Mozart composed many sonatas for the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrumental Focus
Sonatas are typically instrumental, without vocals or lyrics.
She played a violin sonata at the recital.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Parts
A sonata usually has multiple movements, each with distinct character.
The second movement of his sonata was slow and contemplative.
Pro Tip 1/3Classical Genre
A sonata is often associated with classical music, not pop or rock.
Mozart composed many sonatas for the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Instrumental Focus
Sonatas are typically instrumental, without vocals or lyrics.
She played a violin sonata at the recital.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Parts
A sonata usually has multiple movements, each with distinct character.
The second movement of his sonata was slow and contemplative.
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The secrets of the...
extended forms and surprising instrumentations. The first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth uses a Classical sonata form, in which a central musical idea is explored, developed, and repeated in an altered manner. Within these parameters, he explores a simple idea with incredible depth.
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How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
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What silence can teach...
between the strings. Things you just find lying around, like screws, tape and rubber erasers. So now, you've transformed the piano from a tonal instrument with high and low pitches into a collection of unique sounds. The music you're hearing is Cage's "Sonata V,"
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Music and emotion...
instruments made the age of the virtuoso possible this is when those big forms arose the symphonies the sonatas the concertos and these big architectures of time composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime a piece
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
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The Secret of Musical...
it was absolutely phenomenal what comes next is a career that alters history music seems to pour out of mozart symphonies operas concertos string quartets piano sonatas and more unlike beethoven and other brilliant
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The magic of truth and...
why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures; why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet; and why single notes of music, when played together, become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
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The Hidden Power of Sad...
And maybe that sounds depressing to you, but this state of mind, this longing, is actually the deep source of all our moonshots and our loves. It's because of longing that we play "Moonlight Sonatas"
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Sebastian Seung: I am my...
Well, I propose a direct test. Let us attempt to read out memories from connectomes. Consider the memory of long temporal sequences of movements, like a pianist playing a Beethoven sonata.
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Cave Diver vs. Tricky...
I work in lots of sonatas in caves the North day is basically a flooded cave
Video examples
The secrets of the...
extended forms and surprising instrumentations. The first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth uses a Classical sonata form, in which a central musical idea is explored, developed, and repeated in an altered manner. Within these parameters, he explores a simple idea with incredible depth.
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
Video examples
What silence can teach...
between the strings. Things you just find lying around, like screws, tape and rubber erasers. So now, you've transformed the piano from a tonal instrument with high and low pitches into a collection of unique sounds. The music you're hearing is Cage's "Sonata V,"
Video examples
Music and emotion...
instruments made the age of the virtuoso possible this is when those big forms arose the symphonies the sonatas the concertos and these big architectures of time composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime a piece
Video examples
Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
Video examples
The Secret of Musical...
it was absolutely phenomenal what comes next is a career that alters history music seems to pour out of mozart symphonies operas concertos string quartets piano sonatas and more unlike beethoven and other brilliant
Video examples
The magic of truth and...
why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures; why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet; and why single notes of music, when played together, become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
Video examples
The Hidden Power of Sad...
And maybe that sounds depressing to you, but this state of mind, this longing, is actually the deep source of all our moonshots and our loves. It's because of longing that we play "Moonlight Sonatas"
Video examples
Sebastian Seung: I am my...
Well, I propose a direct test. Let us attempt to read out memories from connectomes. Consider the memory of long temporal sequences of movements, like a pianist playing a Beethoven sonata.
Video examples
Cave Diver vs. Tricky...
I work in lots of sonatas in caves the North day is basically a flooded cave
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Beth Hart
American Musician
I have no idea what was the first record I ever bought, but I think I asked my mom to buy me... um... a collection of Beethoven when I was a little girl because I became very addicted to his music. It might have been piano sonatas.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
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Diane Kruger
German Model
I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.
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Simon Rattle
English Musician
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.
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Samuel Barber
American Composer
As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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Neil Sedaka
American Musician
My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always play classical.
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Stephen Hough
British Composer
I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that novel, but I never had time.
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Caroline Shaw
American Musician
I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
American Journalist
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
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Alexander Scriabin
Russian Composer
My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
Quote examples
Beth Hart
American Musician
I have no idea what was the first record I ever bought, but I think I asked my mom to buy me... um... a collection of Beethoven when I was a little girl because I became very addicted to his music. It might have been piano sonatas.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
Quote examples
Diane Kruger
German Model
I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.
Quote examples
Simon Rattle
English Musician
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.
Quote examples
Samuel Barber
American Composer
As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
Quote examples
Neil Sedaka
American Musician
My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always play classical.
Quote examples
Stephen Hough
British Composer
I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that novel, but I never had time.
Quote examples
Caroline Shaw
American Musician
I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.
Quote examples
William F. Buckley, Jr.
American Journalist
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
Quote examples
Alexander Scriabin
Russian Composer
My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
Example 1 of 10
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