What is Sonata?
Sonata , from the Italian word, which means "sound", is the name of the instrumental genre, which usually has several movements and is either performed by a soloist or chamber file. If multiple tools are used, one is often the keyboard tool. The term is also a common name for a form that has become justified by the organization of the first movement of this genre, sometimes referred to as "sonata form" or "form of first movement". Sonata for the tools was contrasted with the cantate for voices.
During the Baroque period, two common types have gained. The Sonata Da camera, "chamber sonata", usually the work of three to four movements, was rated in one or several melodic tools and Contino. Many of these songs were designed as dance music and were popular in Austria and Germany, as in Italy, where Arcangelo Corelli and Cembalo Sonata was recorded.
The second type of Baroque era, Sonata da chiesa or "Church Sonata", popularly in four movements, with bBy the way, the mass and Vesper became common. Corelli also wrote sonats of this type. In the 18th century, both types were generally replaced as movements in larger episodes and other names were given to dance music.
at the age of 18 and at the beginning of the 19th century, the form of the first movement became important. The tendency has happened for sonatas to be written as a three -stage work for piano or piano and violin, with the first movement in the form of sonata. Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are all known for their sonatas.
form used by classic age had many variations, but in general it can be characterized as three sections. The beginning of Wexposure, in which two contrast topics are introduced, moves into the development part focused on expanding this material and closes recapitulation in which the exposure material is heard again.
Famous pieces include:
- Kreutzer Sonata - Violin Sonata No. 9 In the main Ludwig van Beethoven
- Moonlight Sonata - Piano Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata Pacile - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 11 in Major, K. 331, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart