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Sonata

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Noun

1. sonata

a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sonata

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noun
1. 
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, symphony (sense 1), concerto (sense 1)
2. 
a one-movement keyboard composition of the baroque period

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Sonata

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noun
a composition for one or two instruments, usually consisting of several movements: some modern sonatas have single movements

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sonata

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n.
A composition for one or more solo instruments, one of which is usually a keyboard instrument, usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo.

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