sonatina

[ son-uh-tee-nuh; Italian saw-nah-tee-nah ]

noun

, Music.

, plural son·a·ti·nas, son·a·ti·ne [son-, uh, -, tee, -ney, saw-nah-, tee, -ne].

1. a short or simplified sonata.

sonatina

/ ˌsɒnəˈtiːnə /

noun

1. a short sonata

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonatina¹

1715–25; < Italian, diminutive of sonata

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonatina¹

C19: from Italian

Example Sentences

I do a few scales, some basic review pieces, then jump full force into my sonatina recital piece.

From Literature

In middle school, when most of his fellow piano students were content performing one Clementi sonatina movement, he had mastered all three.

From Seattle Times

I began playing half an hour a day: working through Mozart’s sonatinas, sampling Tchaikovsky’s “Seasons” and gloomy Norwegian folk songs by Grieg.

From New York Times

Huang has a superb command of his instrument: warm and bright in Dvorak’s sonatina in G, lilting and mellow in Brahms’s third sonata, which concluded the program.

From Washington Post

He wrote his first published work, a sonatina for piano, in 1943.

From New York Times