sonata da chiesa

[ suh-nah-tuhduhkee-ey-zuh; Italian saw-nah-tah dah kye-zah ]

/ səˈnɑ tə də kiˈeɪ zə; Italian sɔˈnɑ tɑ dɑ ˈkyɛ zɑ /

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noun

an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, that usually consists of four movements alternating between slow and fast.

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Origin of sonata da chiesa

1795–1805; <Italian: literally, sonata of the church

One afternoon we were watching Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata.
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From the first shots of Autumn Sonata it's clear that this is going to be slow going.
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This piece is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's iconic, Last Supper, which was painted in the late 15th century in Milan, Italy.
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To add to the conspiratorial flair, they added that the DA told them not to talk to the FBI or the CIA either.
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The other two are da—meaning father—and te—an alternate spelling of ti.
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When he plays a sonata it is as if the composition rose from the dead and stood transfigured before you.
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It was one day when a student from the Stuttgardt conservatory attempted to play the Sonata Appassionata.
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He took me to the house of a musical friend of his who was to lend me his grand piano, and there we tried our sonata.
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At all events, he seemed entirely satisfied, and said, "We could have played that sonata without rehearsing it."
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On the top of the mountain (Alta da Serra, sixteen miles from Mendoza) we found a venda.
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