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Sonata
//səˈnɑːtə// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name.
Noun
- 1 A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
- 2 a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms wordnet
Etymology
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
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