You searched for: “sonata”
sonata
This entry is located in the following unit: sono-, son-, sona-, -sonous, -sonic, -sonically (page 2)
Word Entries at Get Words: “sonata”
sonata (s) (noun), sonatas (pl)
A music composition for instruments: A sonata is, literally, something "sounded" as opposed to a cantata, or something "sung.

Sonatas are more narrowly defined as usually for a solo instrument and piano, and written in three or four movements of contrasting "tempi", or speeds.

This entry is located in the following unit: Italian words in English (page 4)