sonata form

English

Noun

sonata form (uncountable)

1. (music) A form of classical music consisting of a single movement divided into three main sections, the exposition, development and recapitulation, sometimes followed by a coda.

Translations

a form of classical music

• Dutch: sonatevorm f
• Estonian: sonaadivorm
• Finnish: sonaattimuoto
• French: structure sonate f, forme sonate (fr) f
• German: Sonatensatzform f, Sonatenform f
• Greek: φόρμα σονάτας f (fórma sonátas)
• Hungarian: szonátaforma (hu)
• Icelandic: sónötuform n
• Italian: forma-sonata f
• Japanese: ソナタ形式 (sonata keishiki)
• Polish: forma sonatowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: forma-sonata f
• Russian: сона́тная фо́рма f (sonátnaja fórma)
• Slovene: sonatna oblika f
• Spanish: forma sonata f
• Swedish: sonatform c
• Ukrainian: сона́тна фо́рма (sonátna fórma)

Further reading

• sonata form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia