sonata, grand

A sonata of imposing character and manner in which the festivals of Bacchus, god of wine, were celebrated, proportions, usually in four move song, florid ments. See also sonata. A term applied in the Fourteenth sonatina (son-a-te'-na) It. n. Century to figured descant; that is, Sonatine (z5-na-te'-ne) Ger. n. part-music of an elaborate type, in A short sonata which comprises contradistinction to plain song or only two or three movements and in plain chant, which the composer has developed song, four part the themes but little. It is a form re- A song for four voices, quiring much le technical knowlsong, part edge than the sonata. See part song, sonatojo (so-na-to'-zho) It. n. song, prick A sounding-board. See prick song. 506 487 song, nuptial sopranist song, nuptial son or it a (so-no-ri-ta') It. n. Wedding song, Sonority; resonance. song without words so norite (so-no-re-ta') Fr. n. An instrumental composition con- Sonority; resonance. sisting of a song-like melody with sonoro (so-no'-ro) It. adj. accompaniment; specifically, such a Sonorous; resonant; harmonious. composition for piano. The term sonorophone originated with Mendel ohn, whose A variety of the bombardon having Songs without Words for piano were a tube wound about in a circle. See the first of the kind so named. This also bombardon. type of composition also represents sonorous the duet as well as the solo. Sounding; resonant. song form 1. Of a full, round quality of tone, The form of a musical composition which carries well; as a sonorous which contains two themes or melovoice, a sonorous organ stop. dies, arranged thus: A+B-j-A. Also 2. Capable of producing; reproduccalled Lied form. See also primary ing or transmitting sound vibrations; form, a term applied in particular to inorsonnante (son-nanf) Fr. n. ganic substances or bodies which transmit freely musical vibrations, of"An instrument steel bars which consisting of a series when struck emit such as certain kinds of wood. a very clear metallic sound. This is sons etouffes (son-za-too-fa') the derivation of the name through Muffled or deadened sounds. Fr. the French adjective, sonnante, mean sons Fr.harmoniques (son zar-mo-nek') ing having a clear tone. Bonner le tambour (sun-na' lu tan- Harmonic sounds, usually called boor') Fr. harmonics; acce ory sounds pro- To sound the drum; also applied to duced by the sounding of a tone lower the jarring sound of the string of the in pitch and much stronger in volume, cello under certain conditions, with which they harmonize. See also sonnerie (sun-re') Fr. n. harmonic. 1. A chime of bells. 2. A military signal or call; used of sons pleins (son Literally, plan') aFr.term in flute full tones: the sound of a trumpet. music, directing the production of a son nettier (sun-net-te-a') Fr. n. full, round tone. A maker of, or dealer in, bells, son us (so'-nus) Lat. n. sonneur (sun-nur') Fr. n. Sound; tone. A bell ringer, sopra (so'-pra) It. prep. so no (so'-no) It. n. Above; over; upon; before, Sound; tone. Synonym of suono. sonometer Eng. n. soprate)dominante (so'-pra do-mi-nan'- It. so no metre (so-no-metr) Fr. n. The upper dominant which is the 1. An instrument for measuring vififth tone above the keynote. brations, consisting of a sounding- It. board with two strings stretched over the bridge. sopra tone. kwen'-ta) fifth(so'-pra Upper quinta See also sopra dominante. 2. An instrument with one string, (so'-pra to-ne'-ka) It. used by piano tuners to determine the pitch of a tone. The tonic a sopra note above the tonic; the supertonic, or second tone of any scale._ adv. sonoramente ( so-no-ra-men'-te ) It. " dii) It. Sonorously, sopra una cord a (so'-pra oo'-na kor'- sonore (so-nor) Fr. adj. Upon one string. Sonorous; resonant; harmonious, Soprano. Sopran (zo-pran') Ger. n._.