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Definition of sonata noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sonata

noun
 
/səˈnɑːtə/
 
/səˈnɑːtə/
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  1. a piece of music for one instrument or for one instrument and a piano, usually divided into three or four parts
    • Beethoven’s piano sonatas
    • a violin sonata
    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: Italian, literally ‘sounded’ (originally as distinct from ‘sung’), feminine past participle of sonare.
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