![]() Sonatas for a solo instrument other than keyboard have been composed, as have sonatas for other combinations of instruments. After the Baroque period most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, most often a keyboard instrument, or by a solo instrument accompanied by a keyboard instrument. In the Baroque period, a sonata was for one or more instruments almost always with continuo. sonatine, the diminutive form of sonata, is often used for a short or technically easy sonata. Though the musical style of sonatas has changed since the Classical era, most 20th- and 21st-century sonatas still maintain the same structure. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded-alongside the fugue-as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. By the early 19th century, it came to represent a principle of composing large-scale works. Sonata is a vague term, with varying meanings depending on the context and time period. ![]() : 17 The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance. ![]() ![]() ![]() sonate from Latin and Italian: sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. Sonata ( / s ə ˈ n ɑː t ə/ Italian:, pl. Problems playing these files? See media help. ![]()
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