trio sonata

noun

1. a type of baroque composition in several movements scored for two upper parts and a bass part
2. a similar type of composition played on a keyboard instrument, esp an organ

Example Sentences

In two major-key, three-movement pieces that were focused on him — a trio sonata in C and a concerto in D — he wove a subtle but clear, golden filament of sound in the outer movements; and, in the slow middle sections, was tenderly melancholy.

From New York Times

Opening with a meditative section of Bach’s Trio Sonata in G — Mr. Brown could set more dances to Bach, and I wouldn’t complain — the tone is measured and formal, but never stiff.

From New York Times

Both the music — the slow section of Bach’s Trio Sonata in G — and the movement have a formal, almost classical quality.

From New York Times

Violinist Glenn Donnellan kept pace with her on second violin in the Trio Sonata, Op.

From Washington Post

The top layer was made up of a short two-part invention and a trio sonata; the Bach bread underneath was the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor for harpsichord. 

From Los Angeles Times