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Sonata
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A musical composition chiefly designed for solo instruments, especially the pianoforte, and consisting generally of three or four contrasted movements—the allegro, adagio, rondo, minuetto or scherzo; reaches its noblest expression in the sonatas of Beethoven.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sonata'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/sonata.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.