Sonata vs Prelude - What's the difference?
sonata | prelude |
(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
An introductory or preliminary performance or event; a preface.
(music) A short piece of music that acts as an introduction to a longer piece.
To introduce something, as a prelude.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Jeffrey
In lang=en terms the difference between sonata and prelude
is that 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 while prelude is a short piece of music that acts as an introduction to a longer piece.As a verb prelude is
to introduce something, as a prelude.sonata
English
(wikipedia sonata)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* sonata form * sonatinaAnagrams
* ----prelude
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(prelud)- The musicians preluded on their instruments.
- We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point.
