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SA Dictionary Of Music, 1904
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1Sonata. (Ital.) Soanaa-taa—a composition for one or two solo instruments, and in a certain form which the practice of the great composers has established. There is a large and valuable collection of Sonatas for the Piano among the works of the great composers, as those by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc., and there are also others for the Organ, Violin, etc. There are also Sonatas for Piano and Violin, or some other pair of instruments, but compositions for three instruments, although written on the same plan as these, are called Trios.
3Sonata Form. A certain form of composition which is so called because of its being so much used for the chief movements in Sonatas. The form consists of these sections:
5(a) Exposition, with or without separate introduction, in which a first and a second subject are stated; the latter is in most cases in the key of the Dominant when the movement is in a major key, and in the relative major when the movement is in a minor key. Episodes and Linking Passages are also made use of, and in the majority of cases the whole section is repeated.
7(b) Development. Here the former material is dealt with thematically, being contracted, extended, transposed and elaborated in accordance with an innumerable variety of devices and modes of treatment, so providing the fullest scope for the intellect and imagination of the composer.
9(c) Recapitulation. A restatement of the material in the A Section, the second subject and other matter related to it being given here in the principal key, and a Coda brings the movement to a close.
11Sonatina. A small Sonata, simple in style, as well as of limited extent, and, as a rule, intended for young players and those of somewhat restricted executive ability.
13Song. In a general sense, song means all results of a musical use of the voice, and it applies to birds as well as to human beings. In a more limited sense, and in application to human efforts, song is the conjunction of metrical poetry with suitable music for performance by one voice, with or without instrumental accompaniment. A piece of poetry written in a metre, such as is suitable for singing, is also called a song, although the poet had no particular melody in mind in its composition, and no conjunction has arisen since between it and music, either by adaptation or original creation. A Part Song is a term used in connection with a setting of a metrical poem in which two or more voices have separate parts to sing. Songs are classified in many ways, as sacred and secular songs, national songs, folk or people songs, sea songs, war songs, and then there is the artistic song, which is the highest and most elaborate form of the song, and such as requires both a musician to sing and to accompany it. In the majority of songs it is the same music that is sung to all the verses; there are, however, what are called through composed songs, in which the music is continuous with the words, and which follows the meaning and moods expressed in the words line by line. Such is the form often adopted in the Artistic song, and the instrumental portion is often of such importance in such a song as to be indispenusable for the completion of the composer's intention.
15Song Book. The large Army Song Book consists of 870 songs and 216 choruses. The need of a large Song Book had been felt for many years. Several small ones had been prepared from time to time, each containing about 150 songs; but because of so limited a choice of songs for the various styles of meeting in The Army which they offered, they failed to meet Army
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