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A '''sonata''' is a specialized musical form written for instruments rather than voices. Over the course of the 18th-century in [[Central Europe]], the sonata became a highly-evolved form of music in which every serious composition for solo [[piano]], [[chamber music]] ensemble, or symphony [[orchestra]] was written. While sonata composition reached its height of importance around the turn of the 19th-century, it left a substantial imprint on the formal thinking of Western composers throughout the next two centuries, and its principles are still taught worldwide today to students in all disciplines of classical music.  

A '''sonata''' is a specialized musical form written for instruments rather than voices. Over the course of the 18th-century in [[Central Europe]], the sonata became a highly evolved form of music in which every serious composition for solo [[piano]], [[chamber music]] ensemble, or symphony [[orchestra]] was written. While sonata composition reached its height of importance around the turn of the 19th-century, it left a substantial imprint on the formal thinking of Western composers throughout the next two centuries, and its principles are still taught worldwide today to students in all disciplines of classical music.  

The term ''sonata'' in common usage can have one or more of three different meanings:

The term ''sonata'' in common usage can have one or more of three different meanings: