One of the most important forms of classical music is without a doubt the sonata. The meaning of the term “sonata”, which is derived from the Italian word “sonare” which means “to sound” or “to play”, has changed considerably over time. Browse our sheet music and scores, grab your all your favourites, and find out more about the sonata here today!
The term “sonata” derives from the second half of the 16th century, and refers to different types of instrumental compositions for two or more instruments. The term came about to distinguish the sonata from solo pieces for keyboard instruments, and from pieces with singing, such as cantatas.
The main difference between the baroque sonata and the classical sonata is the number of movements, the baroque sonata has at least four or more, in which slow and fast tempos alternate regularly. The baroque sonata is divided into two basic types:
Sonata da camera (“Chamber Sonata”) – which has a light dance character and is the predecessor of the baroque dance suite.
Sonata da chiesa (“Church sonata”) – which is usually in four movements and has a more serious character.
Depending on the size of the line-up, Baroque sonatas can be further subdivided into Solo Sonata for one instrument (usually violin) and basso continuo, and Trio Sonata for two solo instruments and basso continuo.
One of the most well-known composers of the Baroque sonata is the Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713). Both the Church Sonatas by Corelli and the Chamber Sonatas by Corelli are still very popular with instrumentalists and listeners today.
At the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, the sonata da chiesa gradually evolved into what is known as the Neapolitan overture, where the introductory slow movement has been removed. The result was a three-movement form, with the tempo structure fast-slow-fast within each movement, which became the model not only for the classical sonata, but also for many other musical forms.
The Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) contributed a great deal to the development of the sonata. The Sonatas by Scarlatti were usually composed in the traditional sonata form, a one-movement work with two contrasting themes.
During the Classical period, the sonata continued to develop and evolve. At that time, the term “sonata” was mainly understood to mean Piano Sonatas, or sonatas for another solo instrument with piano accompaniment. In its basic form, a classical sonata consists of three, or occasionally four movements, where the first fast movement is written in ’sonata form’, the second movement is slower, and the third movement is usually fast again, and can take various forms.
In a four-movement sonata, a dance movement in the form of a minuet or a scherzo is usually inserted before the last movement. The greatest exponents of the sonata were arguably three composers of the first Viennese school, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart " 1972" text="Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven’s most famous sonata is without a doubt the Moonlight Sonata.
Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 675550
Archivum Musicum Volume 85
for: Violin, basso continuo
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 675257
Jazziges Vortragsstück für Altsaxophon und Klavier
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674541
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674599
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with French and Spanish Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 674498
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674549
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613305
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 673120
"Teufelstriller"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 672343
bearbeitet für Cembalo
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 671306
nach den Quellen herausgegeben
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670231
Hammerklavier-Sonata
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670227
Schott Piano Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669625
Six Sonatas for Musette, Hurdy Gurdy, Flute, Oboe or Violin and Basso continuo
attributed to Antonio Vivaldi
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute [oboe/violin], basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 669078
for flute and basso continuo
Edited after the sources – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665210
pour guitare
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 666661
Barocksonaten in Bearbeitung
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat), basso continuo
Single part (Alto saxophone solo)
Item no.: 666437
Version for Arpeggione and Piano
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 666174
Arrangement for violin and piano by Anton Diabelli
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666119
for Violoncello and Piano (2nd Violoncello)
for: Cello, piano [2 cellos]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 664663
für Bratsche (original für Violine)
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 665864
Sonata-Fantasy
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665208
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 638549
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 643140
für 2 Viole da gamba (Fagotte/Violoncelli) und Bc
Partitur und Stimmen (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE HISTORISCHE INSTRUMENTE ZWEI GLEICHE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 637845
für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 634753
KV 292
for: Fagott (Violoncello) und Klavier
Item no.: 605291
Venezia 1620
for: Violine (Kornett oder Alt-Blockflöte) und continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 585346
for Flute and Basso Continuo
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 491062
Musica Antiqua Bohemica 63
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 215716
for: Flute, viola da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 485589
for: Cello, piano
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Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Treble recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483318
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 471903
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 348540
Volume I
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 148460
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 117318
Violinsonate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Violin, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116943
The Mannheim, Paris, Salzburg Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116515
for: Cello, Basso continuo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 116074
nach der Sonate f-Moll für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Bc
eingerichtet für Blockflötenensemble SATTB
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 634585
for: Sopran-Blockflöte (Flöte/Oboe/Violine) und Basso continuo
Item no.: 314195
Cello-Bibliothek
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 299775
op. 2/4-6
for: Flute, basso continuo
Item no.: 242309
op. 2/1-3
for: Flute, basso continuo
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Sonatas Nos. 4-6
op. 3
for: Violin, guitar
Score, Parts
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