List of sonatas

The following is a list of musical pieces that belong to the category, Sonata.

Classical (ca 1760 – ca 1830)

• Haydn
  • Sonata in C major (H. XVI:3 / WU 14) (c1765)
  • Sonata in D major (H. XVI:19 / WU 30) (1767)
  • Sonata in C minor (H. XVI:20 / WU 33) (1771)
  • Sonata in F major (H. XVI:23 / WU 38) (1773)
  • Sonata in B minor (H. XVI:32 / WU 47) (before 1776)
  • Sonata in E minor (H. XVI:34 / WU 53) (before 1784)
  • Sonata in G major (H. XVI:40 / WU 54) (before 1784)
  • Sonata in A♭ major (H. XVI:46) (1771)
  • Sonata in C major (H. XVI:48 / WU 58) (1789)
  • Sonata in C major (H. XVI:50 / WU 60) (c1794/5)
  • Sonata in E♭ major (H. XVI:52 / WU 62) (1794)
• Salieri
  • Piano Sonata in C major (?1783)
• Boccherini
• Six Sonatas for violin and continuo, Op. 5 (1768)
• Six Sonatas for cello and continuo (1770)
• At least seventeen more sonatas for cello and continuo
• Sonata for two cellos in C major
• Sonata for two cellos in E♭ major
• Mozart
  • Piano Sonata in F major, S. 1.1 (1759)
  • Piano Sonata in B♭ major, S 1.2 (1760)
  • Piano Sonata in C, S. 1.3 (1759 or earlier)
• Mozart
  • Piano Sonata in E♭ major (K. 282/189f - see Köchel-Verzeichnis) - Has an unusual adagio as the first movement.
  • Piano Sonata in A major (K. 331/300i)
  • Piano Sonata in B♭ major (K. 333/315c)
  • Piano Sonata in C major (K. 545)
  • Piano Sonata in B♭ major (K.570) – Considered by many to be Mozart's finest piano sonata
• Mozart
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in B♭ major, Op. 7 (1808)
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in F major, Op.15 (1813)
  • Grande sonate for violin or cello and piano in E major, Op.19 (1820)
  • Rondo (Sonata) for flute and piano
  • Sonata for piano, Op. 10 (1808)
• Clementi
  • Sonata, Op. 2, No. 1
  • Sonata in B♭, Op. 12, No.1
  • Sonata in E♭, Op. 12, No.2
  • Sonata in E♭, Op. 12, No.4
  • Sonata in F minor, Op. 13, No. 2
  • Sonata in B♭ major, Op. 24, No. 2 - The melody from this sonata was used by Mozart in his "Magic Flute" Overture.
  • Sonata in E♭, Op. 24, No.3
  • Sonata in G, Op. 25, No.2
  • Sonata in F♯, Op. 26, No.2
  • Sonata in D, Op. 26, No.3
  • Sonata in C, Op. 34, No.1
  • Sonata, Op. 36, No. 1
  • Sonata, Op. 36, No. 2
  • Sonata, Op. 36, No. 3
  • Sonata in G, Op. 37, No. 2
  • Sonata, Op. 40, No. 1
  • Sonata, Op. 40, No. 2
  • Sonata, Op. 40, No. 3
  • Sonata, Op. 47, No. 2
  • Sonata, Op. 50, No. 1
  • Sonata, Op. 50, No. 2
  • Sonata, Op. 50, No. 3
• Dussek
  • Sonata in C minor, Op. 35, No. 3, C. 151
  • Sonata F♯ minor, Elégie harmonique, Op. 61, C. 211
  • Sonata in A♭ major, Le Retour à Paris Op. 64, C. 221
• Beethoven
  • Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 5, No. 2, in G Minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2, No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2, No. 3
  • Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 7
  • Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 10, No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10, No. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 10, No. 3
  • Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
  • Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 14, No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 14, No. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 22
  • Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 "Funeral March"
  • Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 27, No. 1 "Sonata quasi una Fantasia"
  • Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
  • Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28 "Pastoral"
  • Piano Sonata No. 16, Op. 31, No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31, No. 2 "Tempest"
  • Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31, No. 3 "The Hunt"
  • Piano Sonata No. 19, Op. 49, No. 1 (easy sonata)
  • Piano Sonata No. 20, Op. 49, No. 2 (easy sonata)
  • Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
  • Piano Sonata No. 22, Op. 54
  • Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
  • Piano Sonata No. 24, Op. 78
  • Piano Sonata No. 25, Op. 79
  • Piano Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a "Les adieux"
  • Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 90
  • Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101
  • Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
  • Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109
  • Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110
  • Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, op. 12, no. 1
  • Violin Sonata "Spring"
  • Violin Sonata "Kreutzer"
  • Horn Sonata, Op. 17
  • Flute Sonata, Anh. 4
• Danzi
  • Horn Sonata, Op. 28
  • Horn Sonata, Op. 44
  • Basset Horn Sonata, Op. 62
• Pietro Denis
  • Sonata for mandolin & continuo No. 1 in D major
  • Sonata No. 3 for mandolin
• Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri
  • Six sonatas for the mandolin, Op. 3, published 1771, Paris

Romantic (ca 1830 – ca 1900)

• Franz Schubert, (See List of Schubert's works in D Catalogue numbers)
  • Piano Sonata in E major, D. 157
  • Piano Sonata in C major, D. 279
  • Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537
  • Piano Sonata in A♭ major D. 557
  • Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 566
  • Piano Sonata in E♭ major, D. 568
  • Piano Sonata in B major, D. 575
  • Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664
  • Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784
  • Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845
  • Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850
  • Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894
  • Piano Sonata in C minor D. 958 (September 1828)
  • Piano Sonata in A major D. 959 (September 1828)
  • Piano Sonata in B♭ major D. 960 (September 1828)
• Robert Schumann
  • Piano Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 11
  • Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 14
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
• Frédéric Chopin
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35,
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
  • Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Sonata in E major, Op. 6
  • Sonata in G minor, Op. 105
  • Sonata in B♭ major, Op. 106
  • Cello Sonata in B♭, Op. 45
  • Cello Sonata in D, Op. 58
  • Six Sonatas for Organ, Op. 65
• Franz Liszt
  • Sonata after a Reading of Dante (Fantasia Quasi Sonata)
  • Sonata in B minor
• Julius Reubke
  • Sonata in C minor, Psalm 94.
  • Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
• Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 Op. 78 "Rain Sonata"
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 100
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 108
  • Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38
  • Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 99
  • Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120/1
  • Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120/2
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Piano Sonata in G, Op. 37 "Grande Sonate"
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Cello Sonata in G minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor
• César Franck
  • Violin Sonata in A (sometimes played on cello or flute)
• Edvard Grieg
  • Piano Sonata, Op. 7
  • Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
  • Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 75
  • Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 102
  • Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 32
  • Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 123
  • Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168
  • Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167
  • Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166
• Edward Elgar
  • Organ Sonata in G major, Op. 28
  • Violin Sonata, Op. 82
• Joseph Jongen
  • Sonate Eroïca, Op. 94

20th Century (including contemporary) (ca 1900–2011)

• George Antheil
  • "Airplane" Sonata
• Samuel Barber
  • Cello Sonata
  • Piano Sonata
• Jean Barraqué
  • Piano Sonata (1950–52)
• Béla Bartók
  • Piano Sonata
  • Sonata for Solo Violin
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor (1903)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, op. 21 (1921)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 (1922)
  • Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1938)
• Alban Berg
  • Piano Sonata
• Leonard Bernstein
  • Clarinet Sonata
• Pierre Boulez
  • Piano Sonata No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 3
• Frank Bridge
  • Piano Sonata
  • Sonata for cello and piano
  • Sonata for violin and piano
• Elliott Carter
  • Piano Sonata
  • Cello Sonata
• Carlos Chávez
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (Sonata fantasía) (1918)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1928)
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1941)
  • Piano Sonata No. 5 (1960)
  • Piano Sonata No. 6 (1961)
  • Sonata for four horns (1929)
• Aaron Copland
  • Piano Sonata
  • Violin Sonata (also arr. for clarinet and piano)
• John Corigliano
  • Violin Sonata
• Claude Debussy
  • Violin Sonata (Sonata No. 2)
  • Cello Sonata (Sonata No. 1)
  • Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (Sonata No. 3)
• Henri Dutilleux
  • Piano Sonata
• George Enescu
  • Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano, in F minor, Opus 26, No. 1 (1898)
  • Sonata No. 2 form cello and piano, in C major, Opus 26, No. 2 (1935)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 24, No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 24, No. 3
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 2
  • Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 6
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 "In Romanian Folk Style"
• Iván Eröd
  • 1st Violin Sonata Op. 14 (1969–79)
  • 2nd Violin Sonata Op. 74 (2000)
• Alberto Ginastera
  • Sonata No. 1 for Piano (1952)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Piano (1981)
  • Sonata No. 3 for Piano (1982)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1979)
  • Sonata for Guitar (1976, rev. 1981)
• Karel Goeyvaerts
  • Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 1
• Otar Gordeli
  • Piano Sonata (1960)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Harp Sonata (1939)
  • Piano Sonata, Op. 17 (1920)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in A (1936)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in G (1936)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in B♭ (1936)
  • Sonata for Piano Four-Hands (1938)
  • Sonata for Two Pianos (1942)
  • Organ Sonata No. 1 (1937)
  • Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937)
  • Organ Sonata No. 3, "nach alten Volksliedern" (1940)
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano (1936)
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1938)
  • Sonata for English Horn and Piano (1941)
  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1939)
  • Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1938)
  • Sonata for Alto Horn in E-flat and Piano
  • Sonata for Horn in F and Piano (1939)
  • Sonata for Four Horns (1952)
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
  • Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1941)
  • Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano (1955)
  • Sonata No. 1 for Violin Solo, Op. 11, No. 6, in G minor (1917)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Violin Solo, Op. 31, No. 1 (1924)
  • Sonata No. 3 for Violin Solo, "Es ist so schönes Wetter draussen", Op. 31, No. 2 (1924)
  • Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 11, No. 1, in E♭ major (1918)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Op. 11, No. 2, in D major (1918)
  • Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in E major (1935)
  • Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano in C major (1939)
  • Sonata No. 1 for Viola Solo, Op. 11, No. 5 (1919)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Viola Solo, Op. 25, No. 1 (1922)
  • Sonata No. 3 for Viola Solo, Op. 31, No. 4 (1923)
  • Sonata No. 4 for Viola Solo (1937)
  • Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4 (1919)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Viola and Piano, Op. 25, No. 4 (1922)
  • Sonata No. 3 for Viola and Piano (1939)
  • Kleine Sonata for Viola d'Amore and Piano, Op. 25, No. 2 (1922)
  • Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 25, No. 3 (1923)
  • Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 11, No. 3 (1919, rev. 1921)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano (1948)
  • Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (1949)
• Herbert Howells
  • Two sonatas for organ
  • Sonatas for clarinet, oboe, and piano
• Charles Ives
  • Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass., 1840–60
• Leoš Janáček
  • Piano Sonata "1.X.1905"
  • Violin Sonata
• Zoltán Kodály
  • Sonata for Solo Cello
• Ernst Krenek
  • Seven piano sonatas in different styles
• Claus Kühnl
  • Sonatas 1–10 (2005-2008) for Piano
• Bohuslav Martinů
  • Flute Sonata No. 1
• Vincent Persichetti
  • Twelve piano sonatas:
    • No. 1, Op.3 (1939)
    • No. 2, Op. 6 (1939)
    • No. 3, Op. 22 (1943)
    • No. 4, Op. 36 (1949)
    • No. 5, Op. 37 (1949)
    • No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
    • No. 7, Op. 40 (1950)
    • No. 8, Op. 41 (1950)
    • No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
    • No. 10, Op. 67 (1955)
    • No. 11, Op. 101 (1965)
    • No. 12, (Mirror Sonata) Op. 145 (1982)
• Francis Poulenc
  • Oboe Sonata
  • Flute Sonata
  • Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 143 (1948)
  • Clarinet Sonata
• Gerhard Präsent
  • Sonata del Gesù for violin and piano Op.35 (1997–99)
  • Sonata al dente for cello and piano Op.23 (1988–90)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 (1908).
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 (1912).
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (1917).
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 (1917).
  • Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38 (1923)/135 (rev. 1952-53).
  • Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 (1940).
  • Piano Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major, Op. 83 (1942) ("Stalingrad")
  • Piano Sonata No. 8 in B♭ major, Op. 84 (1944).
  • Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 (1947).
  • Piano Sonata No. 10 in E minor, Op. 137 (1952) (unfinished).
  • Piano Sonata No. 11 (unrealised).
  • Violin Sonata No. 1
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 (after Flute Sonata)
  • Cello Sonata
• Maurice Ravel
  • Violin Sonata
  • Sonata for Violin and Violoncello
• Max Reger
  • Seven Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 91
  • Nine Sonatas for Violin and Piano
  • Five Sonatas for Cello and Piano
  • Three Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano
• Alexander Scriabin
  • Piano Sonata No. 1
  • Piano Sonata No. 2
  • Piano Sonata No. 3
  • Piano Sonata No. 4
  • Piano Sonata No. 5
  • Piano Sonata No. 6
  • Piano Sonata No. 7 "White Mass"
  • Piano Sonata No. 8
  • Piano Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass"
  • Piano Sonata No. 10
• Roger Sessions
  • Piano Sonatas 1, 2, 3
  • Solo Violin Sonata
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 (1926).
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1934).
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bm, Op. 61 (1943).
  • Violin and Piano Sonata, Op. 134 (1968).
  • Viola and Piano Sonata, Op.147 (1975).
• Harry Somers
  • Piano Sonata No. 1: Testament of Youth (1945)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1946)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1950)
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1950)
  • Piano Sonata No. 5 (1957)
• Tim Souster
  • Sonata for cello, piano, seven winds, and percussion
• Igor Stravinsky
  • Piano Sonata
  • Sonata for two pianos
• Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Sonate-fantaisie No. 1 for violin and piano, Desesperança ("Despair") (1913)
  • Sonate-fantaisie No. 2 for violin and piano (1914)
  • Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1920)
  • Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1923)
• George Walker
  • Piano Sonata No. 4
• William Walton
  • Violin Sonata
• Eugène Ysaÿe
  • Six Violin Sonatas, Op. 27