Form
Sonata form
Sonata form is the design used for most first movements, many finales and some slow movements from Haydn onwards. It is not a fixed template but a way of organising a movement around a departure from the home key and a return to it.
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HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5HaydnString Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3HaydnPiano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23HaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35HaydnPiano Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:37HaydnPiano Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49HaydnPiano Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:51HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52HaydnSymphony No. 100 in G majorHaydnSymphony No. 101 in D majorHaydnSymphony No. 102 in B-flat majorHaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50HaydnSymphony No. 103 in E-flat majorHaydnSymphony No. 104 in D majorFreeMozartPiano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279MozartPiano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280MozartPiano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281MozartPiano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282MozartPiano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283MozartPiano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284MozartPiano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311MozartPiano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310MozartPiano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330MozartPiano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332MozartPiano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333MozartPiano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457MozartPiano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494MozartPiano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545MozartSymphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543MozartSymphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550MozartSymphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551MozartPiano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22BeethovenSymphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3BeethovenSymphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54BeethovenSymphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57BeethovenSymphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60BeethovenSymphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67BeethovenSymphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81aBeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92BeethovenSymphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111BeethovenSymphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125SchubertSymphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485SchubertSymphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759BerliozSymphonie fantastique, Op. 14MendelssohnThe Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26MendelssohnSymphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64SchumannSymphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38SchumannPiano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44SchumannSymphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120FranckSymphony in D minor, FWV 48BrucknerSymphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104BrucknerSymphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 (1890 version)BrucknerSymphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15BrahmsSymphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68BrahmsSymphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73BrahmsSymphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90BrahmsSymphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98TchaikovskySymphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74DvorakSymphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88DvorakSymphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95MahlerSymphony No. 1 in D majorMahlerSymphony No. 2 in C minorMahlerSymphony No. 3 in D minorMahlerSymphony No. 4 in G majorMahlerSymphony No. 5 in C-sharp minorMahlerSymphony No. 6 in A minorMahlerSymphony No. 9 in D majorRegerString Quartet in A major, Op. 54 No. 2RegerString Quartet in G minor, Op. 54 No. 1RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18RavelJeux d'eau, M. 30BartókString Quartet No. 1, Op. 7BartókString Quartet No. 2, Op. 17BartókConcerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47