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.
Nach dem Urtext
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735177
"Der Birthday"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724647
op. 5/7
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725111
op. 21/3
for: Flöte und Klavier, Basso ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 725162
from: Méthode pour la Flûte
for: Flöte und Klavier, Basso ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 725163
Edition Schott
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 725917
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748971
C major and D major
for: Trompete (Oboe), Streicher und Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 746763
Edition Schott
for: 3 Melodie-Instrumente (Flöten, Violinen, Oboen) oder Streichorchester und Basso continuo; Cembalo (Klavier), Violoncello (Viola da gamba, Fagott) ad libitum
Partitur = Cembalo, Klavier
Item no.: 746787
Edition Schott
for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749352
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 743922
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567560
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597073
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663273
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1654126
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732132
Sonata quasi una Fantasia ("Mondschein")
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731322
for: Voice (soprano), violin, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1655255
per Violino, overo Traverso Solo, col Continuo
aus: "Der Brauchbare Virtuoso ...", Hamburg 1720
for: Violin [descant recorder/flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 3400
Sonate op. 59
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1009071
Allegro con spirito; Allegro
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 729326
op. 2/1
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 727652
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663257
for: Flöte und Basso continuo (Gitarre)
Music score
Item no.: 760512
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 817229
K. 403 (Longo 470)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2270
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 738991
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1688526
für zwei Violinen, Viola (Violine III), Violoncello und Basso continuo
aus: 12 Sonaten für 2-5 Streichinstrumente mit beziffertem Bass
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1667362
KV 331
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1329
für Klavier
teilweise ergänzt, mit Fingersätzen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1677462
Edition Schott
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Violine und Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 754197
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 738510
aus „6 Sonates à une Flute & une Basse Continue“, op. 1
Amsterdam, 1710
for: Treble recorder [flute/violin], basso continuo
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 5621
for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642899
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1639338
nach dem UrtextHob. XVI:46
for: Piano
Item no.: 1681191
"Les Jeux Olympiques"
for: Violine und obligates Cembalo
Music score
Item no.: 749961
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597085
aus "18 Canons mélodieux ou 6 Sonates en duo a flutes traverses, ou violons, ou Basses de Viole"
for: 2 flutes [violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3681
Series: Minghén dal Viulunzèl
for: Cello, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1552880
Edition Schott
for: Sopran-Blockflöte (Violine) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 727550
HWV 365
aus: Sonates pour un Traversiere un Violon ou Hautbois con Basso continuo
for: Treble recorder [flute/oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 5381
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, basso continuo
Item no.: 1678593
à Flauto Solo con Cimbalo o Vero Fagotto
for: Treble recorder [flute/oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1951
for piano and violoncello
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 761299
K. 9 (Longo 413)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3193
aus: Sonate da Camera a Violino solo op. 2
Modena, c. 1694
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 5434
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