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A piano sonata is a sonata written for unaccompanied piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although piano sonatas have been written with one movement (Scarlatti, Scriabin), two movements (Beethoven), five (Brahms' Third Piano Sonata) or even more movements. The first movement is usually composed in sonata form. In the Baroque era, the use of the term sonata generally referred to either the sonata da chiesa (church sonata) or sonata da camera (chamber sonata),

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A piano sonata is a sonata written for unaccompanied piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although piano sonatas have been written with one movement (Scarlatti, Scriabin), two movements (Beethoven), five (Brahms' Third Piano Sonata) or even more movements. The first movement is usually composed in sonata form. In the Baroque era, the use of the term sonata generally referred to either the sonata da chiesa (church sonata) or sonata da camera (chamber sonata),