Sonata da chiesa (Italian: "church sonata") is a 17th-century genre of musical composition for one or more melody instruments and is regarded an antecedent of later forms of 18th century instrumental music.[1] It generally comprises four movements, typically a largoprelude followed by a fugalallegro, an expressive slow movement, and an allegro finale, although there are also many variations of this pattern.[2]
During the 17th century, church services were increasingly accompanied by music for ensembles rather than solo organ, with canzonas and sonatas regularly substituted for the Proper during Mass and Vespers.[3] Many of these works, however, were not written explicitly as liturgical music and were often performed as concert pieces for entertainment. The term sonata da chiesa was originally used in its literal meaning of “church music” but later came to be used figuratively to contrast this genre of composition with the sonata da camera, which literally meant “chamber music” but generally comprised a suite of dances.[4]
After 1700, composers tended to merge the sonata da chiesa with the sonata da camera.[citation needed] By the mid-18th century, however, this style of music was increasingly out of date, although Joseph Haydn, for example, did compose a few early symphonies that followed the largo–allegro–minuet–allegro pattern.[6]
^Kirby, F.E. (1984). "The Germanic symphony in the eighteenth century: Bridge to the romantic era". Journal of Musicological Research. 5 (1–3): 51–83. doi:10.1080/01411898408574545. ISSN 0141-1896.
^Apel, Willi, with Thomas Binkley, ed., Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century, p. 9, Indiana University Press, 1990
^Violin Sonatas (CD 19–20): "Liner notes" by Clemens Romijn p. 13, and "Full tracklist" pp. 155–56 in J. S. Bach Complete Edition: Liner notes, sung texts, full tracklist. Brilliant Classics, August 2014 (re-release).
^Zaslaw, Neal, with Cowdery, William eds., The Compleat Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, p. 109-112, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1990, ISBN0-393-02886-0
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