sonatina
noun
a short or simplified sonata.
sonatinas
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pluralof sonatina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The second disc features earlier works of a very different aesthetic, including two neo-Classical sonatinas and a partita that evokes Shostakovich.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2014
I can tinkle away on the piano much better now already; not long ago I played a Haydn and a Mozart sonata and some sonatinas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second has the more merit, but both, like most sonatinas, are too trivial of psychology and too formal even to be recommended for children's exercises.
This return to the opening theme is to be found already in the sonatinas for violin and cembalo by G.P.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by J. S. (John South) Shedlock
His pianoforte works include: Aquarellen, Opus 25; Variations and fugue, Opus 81; "Aus Meinem Tagebuch," Opus 82; Two sonatinas, Opus 89.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
