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Sonata form

The sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period).

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Defining 'sonata form'

Definition as a formal model

Introduction

Exposition

Development

Recapitulation

Coda

Variations on the standard schema

In concerti

History

Sonata form and other musical forms

Sonata theory

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Sonata form

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Sonata form

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related to Further reading · 77
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related to Expositions with more than two key areas · 24
Sonata form → An, And, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No, Brahms' Symphony No, Chopin's Piano Concerto, Death, Dvorak's Symphony No, III, In, It, IV, Maiden, Schubert, Schubert's Quartet, Schubert's Symphony No, Schubert's Violin Sonata, Similarly, Some, Symphony No, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No
related to Truncated sonata form · 20
Sonata form → Another, Figaro, Franz Strauss' Horn Concerto, Fritz Seitz's Violin Concertos, Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto, Il, It, Le, Minor, Mozart's, Mozart's Violin Sonata, No, Occasionally, One, Romantic, Rossini's, Siviglia, Some Classical, Sometimes, This
related to history · 18
Sonata form → AABB, At, Beethoven, Beethoven's Appassionata, Classical, Early, Even, Examples, Haydn, In, Italian, Mozart, Pergolesi's Trio Sonata No, Schubert, The, The Classical, Their, There
related to Monothematic expositions · 18
Sonata form → Charles Rosen, Classical, Edmund Rubbra's Symphony No, Haydn, Haydn's String Quartet, It, Mozart, No, Op, Piano Sonata, Rarely, Sonata Hob, String Quintet, Such, The, This, Using, XVI/49
related to Coda · 17
Sonata form → After, An, Another, Beethoven's, Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, Beethoven's Symphony No, Brahms's Clarinet Quintet, Classical, Classical-era, Codas, Dvořák's Symphony No, Explanations, Indeed, One, Romantic, Schumann's Piano Concerto, The
related to Defining 'sonata form' · 16
Sonata form → According, Although, As, Baroque, Charles Rosen, Classical, Conversely, Donald Tovey, Grove, Grove Dictionary, However, It, Italian, Music, Musicians, Nonetheless
related to Partial or varied recapitulations · 16
Sonata form → Another, Bruckner's Symphony No, Chopin's Piano Sonata No, Dvorak's Symphony No, Haydn's Sonata Hob, Haydn's Symphony No, In, It, Mozart's, No, On, Such, Tchaikovsky's Symphony, The, Violin Concerto, XVI/35
related to Exposition · 10
Sonata form → Although, Closing, First, However, If, Primary, Second, The, This, Transition
related to Expositions that modulate to other keys · 6
Sonata form → Beethoven, Brahms's Symphony No, Mendelssohn, Symphony No, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No, The

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sonata first movement form key major exposition subject second symphony recapitulation group minor development tonic piano works dominant also classical

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