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An original spelling of soundb. -son. A form of the termination -tion, in some words derived through Old French, as in beni son, malison, venison, reason, season, treason, etc. See -tion. a sonata, 2. In recent music, an instrumental work, especially for the pianoforte, made up of three or four movements in contrasted rhythms but related keys, one or more of which are written in sonata form. The movements usually include an allegro with or without an introduction, a slow movement (usually adagio, largo, or andante), a minuet or scherzo with or without a trio appended, and a final allegro or presto, which is often a rondo. A certain unity of sentiment or style is properly traceable between the succe ive movements. The sonata is the most important form of homophonic composition for a single instrument. A sonata for a string quartet is called a quartet, and one for a full orchestra is called a symphony. - Double sonata, a sonata for two solo instruments. - Sonata form, in music, a form or method of composition in which two themes or subjects are developed according to a plan more or le like the following: ( a ) exposition, containing the first subject, followed by the second, properly in the key of the dominant or in the relative major (if the first be minor); (b) development or working out, consisting of a somewhat free treatment of the two subjects or parts of them, either singly or in conjunction; (c) restatement, containing the two subjects in succe ion, both in the original key, with a conclusion. The succe ion of sections and the relations of keys are open to considerable variation, and episodes often occur. The sonata form is distinctive of at least one movement of a sonata or symphony, and usually of the first and last; it also appears in many overtures. sonatina (sō-nä-te'nä), n. [It., dim. of sonata: see sonata.] In music, a short or simplified sonata.- Sonatina form, in music, a form or method of composition resembling the sonata form, but on a smaller scale, and usually lacking the development section. so nation (sō-nā'shon), n. [= It. son azione; But when what has the faculty of hearing, on the one hand, operates, and what has the faculty of sounding, on the other hand, sounds, then the actual hearing and the actual sounding take place conjointly; and of these the one may be called audition, the other so nation. Sir W. Hamilton , tr. from Aristotle, Reid's Works, Note D. [NL. (Tournefort,