Sonata and Sonata-Allegro Form

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grew to be the central form for instrumental music for soloists and small ensembles

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Sonata

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is the past participle of the verb “suonare”

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sonata

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suonare

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to make a sound

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An umbrella term for instrumental music

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Sonata

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sung music

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cantata

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The sonata as a term had its earliest traceable usage in ____ when it was used to name a suite of dances for the lute.

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1561

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were works most often written for solo instruments, and were made up of two to four movements, written in related keys

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Sonatas

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One of the most important and enduring forms developed during the Classical period

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The Sonata-Allegro Form

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there are three parts: the Exposition, the Development, and the Recapitulation

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The Sonata-Allegro Form

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First part of the sonata-allegro form and presents us with the main themes of the piece

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Exposition

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are most often short, easily recognizable melodies

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Themes

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There are usually one or two main themes; if there are two, the first is presented in the _____, while the second is presented in a different key

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tonic

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This section is often repeated.

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Exposition

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follows the exposition

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Development

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Explores the themes presented in the exposition

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Development

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Elaborates the themes presented in the exposition, repeating them, altering them, presenting them in various keys and forms, in part or as a whole.

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Development

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It is, in essence, a conclusion to the elaboration, a musical homecoming.

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Recapitulation

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Elaborated are once again presented, this time, only in the tonic key.

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Recapitulation

Question 19

As stated above, a sonata’s first movement is usually written in the _____ _____.

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sonata-allegro form

Question 20

The second movement of a classical sonata, in contrast with the lively first movement, is usually written in a ____ _____.

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slow tempo

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The third movement is most often a _____, though only in four-movement sonatas.

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minuet

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The final movement, the finale, of a sonata is often in a ____ ___ _____ tempo, like that of the first movement.

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fast and lively tempo