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<h3 class="section">1.268 sonata form</h3>
<p>ES: forma sonata,
I: forma sonata,
F: [en] forme de sonate,
D: Sonatenform,
NL: hoofdvorm, sonatevorm,
DK: sonateform,
S: sonatform,
FI: sonaattimuoto.
<p>A form used frequently for single movements of the <a href="sonata.html#sonata">sonata</a>,
<a href="symphony.html#symphony">symphony</a>, quartet, etc. A movement written in sonata form falls
into three sections called <em>exposition</em>, <em>development</em> and
<em>recapitulation</em>. In the exposition the composer introduces some
musical ideas, consisting of a number of themes; in the development
section the composer ‘develops’ this material, and in the
recapitulation the composer repeats the exposition, with certain
modifications. The exposition contains a number of themes that fall
into two groups, often called first and second subject. Other
melodies occurring in each group are considered as continuations of
these two. The second theme is in another key, normally in the key of
the <a href="dominant.html#dominant">dominant</a> if the <a href="tonic.html#tonic">tonic</a> is <a href="major.html#major">major</a>, and in the
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