sonata form

1. 1.

   the form of a movement, which consists of exposition and development and recapitulation

   Broaderart form

Questions about sonata form

What does sonata form mean?

sonata form means "the form of a movement, which consists of exposition and development and recapitulation".

Is sonata form a common word?

sonata form is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.