Opus vs Sonata - What's the difference?
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A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
A work, especially of art.
(music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo
As nouns the difference between opus and sonata
is that opus is a work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works while sonata is a musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.opus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Beethoven's ''opus'' eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
- The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.