sonate

Definitions of sonate
  1. noun
    a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
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    type of:
    musique classique
    traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
  2. noun
    a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony
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    type of:
    forme artistique
    (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
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