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sonata da chiesa (iou)



sonata da chiesa noun phr. [so,na:ta da ki'e:za] Pl. sonate da chiesa [so,na:te]. E19.
[Italian, lit. 'church sonata'.]
A musical composition for one or more solo instruments and continuo, popular in the 17th and 18th cents., usu. consisting of four alternately slow and fast movements.