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CLASSICAL UNIT 2
PERIOD
SONATA LESSON 4
FORM
WHAT IS SONATA FORM?
Also called as first-movement form or sonata-allegro form.
It is a musical structure that is most strongly associated with the
first movement of various Western instrumental genres, notably,
sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets.
SONATA FORM
The first movements of multi-movements works
are not always in sonata form.