sonatina

American  

[son-uh-tee-nuh, saw-nah-tee-nah] / ˌsɒn əˈti nə, ˌsɔ nɑˈti nɑ /

noun

Music.

plural

sonatinas, sonatine

1. a short or simplified sonata.

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sonatina British  

/ ˌsɒnəˈtiːnə /

noun

1. a short sonata

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Etymology

Origin of sonatina

1715–25; < Italian, diminutive of sonata

Example Sentences

“Now let me hear your sonatina once more. The first movement, please.”

From Literature

In middle school, when most of his fellow piano students were content performing one Clementi sonatina movement, he had mastered all three.

From Seattle Times

I began playing half an hour a day: working through Mozart’s sonatinas, sampling Tchaikovsky’s “Seasons” and gloomy Norwegian folk songs by Grieg.

From New York Times

Huang has a superb command of his instrument: warm and bright in Dvorak’s sonatina in G, lilting and mellow in Brahms’s third sonata, which concluded the program.

From Washington Post

He wrote his first published work, a sonatina for piano, in 1943.

From New York Times