Sonatina
Classical works
Definition
A short or simplified sonata, typically lighter in character and technically less demanding than a full sonata. Often used as a pedagogical form.
Historical Context
Sonatinas by Clementi, Kuhlau, and Dussek have been standard teaching repertoire since the Classical era. Ravel's Sonatine (1905) subverted the form's simplicity, delivering a harmonically sophisticated work of considerable difficulty despite its title.
Works (30)
- Esquisses (Sonatina) in G major Key G major
- Sonatina in A minor, Op. 168 No.7 Key A minor
- Sonatina in B♭ major, Op. 168 No.4 Key B♭ major
- Sonatina in C major for Piano 4-hands, Op. 54 No. 2 Key C major
- Sonatina in C major for Piano 4-hands, Op. 60 No. a Key C major
- Sonatina in C major, Op. 151 No.2 Key C major
- Sonatina in C major, Op. 151 No.4 Key C major
- Sonatina in C major, Op. 168 No.3 Key C major
- Sonatina in D major for Piano 4-hands, Op. 60 No. b Key D major
- Sonatina in D major, Op. 168 No.5 Key D major
- Sonatina in F major for Piano 4-hands, Op. 24 No. 1 Key F major
- Sonatina in F major, Op. 151 No.3 Key F major
- Sonatina in F major, Op. 168 No.1 Key F major
- Sonatina in G major for Piano 4-hands, Op. 58 No. 3 Key G major
- Sonatina in G major, Op. 151 No.1 Key G major
- Sonatina in G major, Op. 168 No.2 Key G major
- Sonatina in G major, Op. 168 No.6 Key G major
- Sonatina No. 1 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Sonatina No. 1, Op. 150
- Sonatina No. 2 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Sonatina No. 2, Op. 150
- Sonatina No. 3 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Sonatina No. 4 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Sonatina No. 5 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Sonatina No. 6 (Pleasures of Youth), Op. 163
- Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 (B. 183) Key G major
- Sonatina No. 1 in C major Key C major
- Sonatina No. 2 in A minor Key G minor
- Sonatina, Op. 100
- Sonatina (1952 version)