sonatina
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noun
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Origin of sonatina
1715–25; < Italian, diminutive of sonata
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He wrote his first published work, a sonatina for piano, in 1943.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
At eight he was good enough to master a Clementi sonatina in one day.
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s my recital piece, Clementi’s sonatina, but it’s sure not the way it sounds when I play!
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
“Now let me hear your sonatina once more. The first movement, please.”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
I do a few scales, some basic review pieces, then jump full force into my sonatina recital piece.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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
All right, Miss Holt!" replied Sylvia, "I'll do my best, but I wish we could lose old Clementi; I do so hate the sonatinas.
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela
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.
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 Rosenfeld, Paul
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