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Sonata
WordNet
noun
(1) A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from .
Noun
- A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo