sonatina
- n a short and simple sonata
- Andrew Garth was appearing as a concert artist, ambitious enough to undertake the Mad Scene from Lucia, a Schubert sonatina, the first-act love music from Wagner's Die Walkiire .
- On the other hand, Director Brook's musical scorehe developed it himself from a sonatina by Diabelli is sensuous and tender.
- In I Could Have Danced All Night, for instance, he starts with a theme from Rodolfo's aria, Che gelida manina from La Bohme, develops the second chorus as a Mozart sonatina .