piano sonata
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- noun
- /piˈænəʊ səˈnɑːtə/
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sonata para piano
- The piano sonata on the countertop kitchen radio sounded remote and tinny, though Shula hummed in accompaniment as she bent to take the bread from the oven.
- Mozart piano sonatas
- Beethoven piano sonatas
- Piano Sonata No
Examples
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Who doubts the greatness of Beethoven's piano sonatas and string quartets or of Schubert's songs?
Blog text (4) -
But that night, Jacob played the Schubert Impromptus, Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, and the Beethoven Pathetique, whose second movement, the adagio, she particularly loved.
Fiction book (1995) -
Yeah, he wrote some beautiful piano sonatas.
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Did you study my piano sonatas at the conservatory?
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Beethoven was 23 when he composed his first piano sonata.
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But in the case of the first movement of the G-major ("Fantasy") piano sonata, neither criticism seems to apply.
Academic text (1993) -
I woke up one morning to a thump below me that I realized was not the crescendo of a Beethoven piano sonata.
Fiction book (1992) -
Who listened to string quartets, woodwind trios, and piano sonatas on the local classical music station when he listened to music at all.
Fiction book (1997) -
(Chopin's Opus 27, No. 2, Nocturne, for example, does not create the same image of desire as does Schubert's B-flat Piano Sonata.)
Academic text (1999) -
Beethoven was 23 when he composed his first piano sonata.
Synonyms
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A musical piece for one or two instruments with several different parts
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Music played on a piano
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning ('a sonata for piano') is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'piano' (the instrument) with 'sonata' (a multi-movement musical work); a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer this. This is a regular noun–noun compound pattern found across languages and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, so it is transparent.
Etymology
Piano sonata combines piano, the keyboard instrument, and sonata, from an old Italian word meaning 'to sound' or a piece meant to be played rather than sung. So the phrase gives the image of music in several parts for one person at the piano, which is why a piano sonata today means a multi-part piece for solo piano.