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Abstract

The sonata is "a term used to denote a piece of music usually but not necessarily consisting of several movements, almost invariably instrumental and designed to be performed by a soloist or a small ensemble. The solo and the duet sonatas of the Classical and Romantic periods with which it s now most :frequently associated generally incorporate a movement or movements in what has regrettably to be called Sonata Form (or 'first-movement form'), but in its actual usage over rather more than the last five centuries the title 'sonata' has been applied with much broader formal and stylistic connotations than this". From the Baroque period onwards, each period presents the Sonata. This musical form reached its climax in the Classical Period, when it formed the basis of most of the contemporary composers' compositions. This was later labelled as Sonata From i.e. ABA basic structure form. During the twentieth century, the term Sonata, took up a different meaning. During the first half of the century there is a deep shift to the roots of the sonata structure found in the Baroque and Classical periods, e.g., "Bartok also made a return to Baroque counterpoint in his Piano Sonata (1926), where again the shadow of Beethoven can be felt;" This was mainly thanks to the neo-classicists. The structure itself was being re-rooted, but most times, the combination of instruments was completely innovative.