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unusual facts about sonata form



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Those include most lectures, stage plays, operas, stand-alone ballets, and in classical music most works in sonata form (the longest such work in the classical repertory is the Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler at roughly 93 minutes (5.58 ks), although some compositions in sonata form can be shorter than 1 ks in duration.


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Criticism and sonata form

Critics such as Olin Downes proclaimed the idea that the sonata form's vigor was an analogy for social and artistic vigor, and a defense against empty works.