A flute sonata is a

sonata In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...

usually for

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

and

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

period were very often accompanied in the form of

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

List of flute sonatas

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1951) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano, Op.121 (1977) * Claude Arrieu **Sonatina for flute and piano (1944) *

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** Sonata in A minor for solo flute (H. (Helm) 562/Wq. (Wotquenne) 132) (1747) **14 sonatas for flute and continuo **Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1020 ** Sonata in E-flat major for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1031 ** Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1033 *

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**Sonatas for keyboard with flute or violin, Op. 16 *

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** Sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1030 ** Sonata in A major for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1032 ** Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1034 ** Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1035 *

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**Spring Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 147 (2018) *

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**Sonata for flute and harp (1928) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1978) *

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(attributed) ** Flute Sonata in B-flat major, Anh. 4 *

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**Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 (1904) *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano (1946) (1 serial movement) *

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**Flute Sonata, Op. 120 (1946) *Robert J. Bradshaw **Sonata No. 2 In My Collection for flute and piano *

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**Lyric Sonatina for flute and piano (1971) *

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Biography Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied math ...

**Sonata for flute and piano (1960) **Sonata for flute and guitar (1977) **Sonata for flute solo (1982) **Sonata for flute and harp (1983) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano *

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Sonatine for Flute and Piano The Sonatine for Flute and Piano is an early work by the 20th-century French composer Henri Dutilleux, composed and published in 1943. It lasts about 9 minutes and consists of three movements, played without break. Overview The ''Sonatine for ...

(1943) * Jindřich Feld **Sonata for flute and piano (1957) *

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** Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (transcribed for flute) (1886) *

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**121 sonatas for flute and continuo *

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**Sonata for Flute and Piano (1950). (This work is an arrangement of Gould's Sonata for Bassoon and Piano). *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano (1947) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1936) *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 107a (2001

*

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**Sonata in D, Op. 50 (c1810–14) **Sonata in A, Op. 64 (c1814–15) *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 12 (1919) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 27 (1930–31) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano in F, Op. 78 (1924) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano in B flat, Op. 121 (1918) **''Sonata Appassionata'' for flute solo in F sharp, Op. 140 (1917) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 52 (1911–13) **Sonata for 2 flutes, Op. 75 (1918–20) **Three sonatines for solo flute, Op. 184 (1942) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 29 (1995) *

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**Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.1 in B major, Book 1, No.2 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.2 in E minor, Book 1, No.6 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.3 in E minor, Book 2, No. 1 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.4 in C major, Book 2, No. 3 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.5 in G major, Book 2, No. 5 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.6 in B minor, Book 2, No. 11 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.7 in E minor, Book 4, No. 2 **Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.8 in G major, Book 4, No. 7 *

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**Sonata Porteña for flute and piano, Op. 35 (2013) *

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** Sonata for flute and piano, Halbreich 306 (1945) * Peter Mieg **Sonata for flute and piano (1963) *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 76 (1922) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano in A, Op. 44 (1819) **Sonata for flute and piano in G, Op. 79 (1828) *

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** Sonata in B-flat for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 10 ** Sonata in G for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 11 ** Sonata in A for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 12 ** Sonata in F for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 13 ** Sonata in C for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 14 ** Sonata in B-flat for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 15 * Jules Mouquet **''La Flûte de Pan'', Sonata, Op. 15 * Robert Muczynski **Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 14 (1961) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 36 (1900) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1925) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1930) *

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Flute Sonata A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo. List of flute sonatas *George ...

, Schmidt 164 (1956–7) *

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

** Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94 (1943) *

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**Sonata for flute and guitar (1975) *

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** ''Undine'', Flute Sonata, Op. 167 (1882) *

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**Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 48 (pub. 1815) **Divertimento for Piano and Flute in G major, Op.62 (1815, pub. 1819) **Flute Sonata in C major, Op. 76, No. 1 (1816, pub. ca 1817/18) **Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 76, No. 2 (1817, pub. ca 1817/18) ** Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 87 (pub. 1819) **Flute Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 169 ''Sonate sentimentale'' (1814, pub. 1834) *

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**Sonata for flute and harp (1937) * R. Murray Schafer **Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (or piano) (1976) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1927) * Lachlan Skipworth **Flute Sonata (2020) * Leo Smit **Sonata for flute and piano (1939–43) *

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**Sonata for flute and piano (1968) *

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**Sonatina for flute and piano (1931)

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