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Definition of "sonatina" []

  • A sonata having shorter movements and often less technically demanding than the typical sonata. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sonatina" in a sentence
  • "HG, that's the Clementi sonatina that's in John Thompson 3!"
  • "In seventh grade, I got a perfect score at a piano competition playing a Clementi sonatina."
  • "Hurling Stravinskian rhythms at Schoenbergian harmonies, the young Boulez smashed the musical atom, releasing in the sonatina an explosion of musical violence, nervousness, and instability."
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