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A sonata today is considered a piece of chamber music for one or more solo instruments. Many composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg and Scriabin, etc. have written piano sonatas. There are also sonatas for solo violin or solo cello such as those by J. S. Bach and solo cello works by Roger Sessions.
There also are works for piano and violin or piano and cello which are my favorite. Beethoven, Brahms Debussy and Richard Strauss all wrote at least one of these type pieces. The standard form of a three or four movement sonata is the first movement as Allegro, the second as a slow movement such as Andante then the third or forth as Allegro or Presto and if a forth movement as a Rondo. There are both three and four movement sonatas. The word "Sonata" comes form the Italian word "to sound". the word "Cantata" comes form Italian "to sing". A cantata is a group of songs. I don't have time to discuss this form of music Sonata Form is a musical technique used in symphonies and concerti where three themes are used an introduction then the music is sort of mixed up in form then regurgitated as a theme. this may be too technical for some. Or introduction, exposition and finally development. Themes from the music are mixed up and finally comes out as before. This is not connected to a sonata. However some sonatas do use this technique. There were Baroque era sonatas for continuo etc. A continuo is a small group of instruments usually containing a Bass Fidle or Souble Bass.
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