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appassionata

appassionata

1 9.6
A famous piano sonata by Beethoven with strong feeling
  • proper noun
  • /ˌæpəˈʃɑːnɑːtə/
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  • Or: "Do let me put on Serebryakov's record of the Appassionata—he's an old dryasdust, as Rosa says, but what a virtuoso!"
  • listen to the Appassionata

Examples

  • I keep listening to "Appassionata."

  • We're even going today to a student concert at Nili's conservatory, together with Elizabeth and Marcus, and we'll all sit quietly listening to the Appassionata.

  • Would you like to come listen to the Appassionata too?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • We're even going today to a student concert at Nili's conservatory, together with Elizabeth and Marcus, and we'll all sit quietly listening to the Appassionata.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Tony Crowther stands in the doorway of Nili's room, a drink in one hand, arguing with her over the correct way to perform the Appassionata.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Would you like to come listen to the Appassionata too?

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The name appassionata for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 comes from the Italian appassionare and passione, meaning 'passion' or 'strong feeling'. That's why musicians call this sonata the appassionata—because its music is full of powerful, intense emotion.