sonata
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sonata /səˈnɑːtə/
▶noun a classical composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment.
– origin C17: Ital., lit. ‘sounded’ (orig. as distinct from ‘sung’), fem. past part. of sonare.
'sonata' also found in these Oxford entries:
exposition
- minuet
- recapitulation
- rondo
- scherzo
- sonata form
- sonatina
- subject
- symphony
