SONATA


Meaning of SONATA in English

/seuh nah"teuh/ , n. Music.

a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.

[ 1685-95; sonata, fem. of sonatus (ptp. of sonare to SOUND 1 ). See SONANT, -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .