High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord is a three-movement, neoclassical chamber work composed by Walter Piston in 1945, that marks the beginning of his postwar style. Piston wrote the Sonatina just after the Second World War, and its cheerful, optimistic character marks the beginning of the composer's postwar style. It is dedicated to Alexander Schneider and Ralph Kirkpatrick, the violinist and harpsichordist who premiered the work on November 30, 1945 (Pollack 1982, 80). The published score allows the piano as a substitute for the harpsichord, and it can sound equally good that way (Pollack 1982, 82). The Sonatina is a clear example of neoclassicism in Piston's work, and shows the influence of Igor Stravinsky (Yardley 1990). The sonatina-form first movement is in B major, and is typified by a restless, exhaustive energy produced by abrupt changes to remote keys: F minor, A major, and A major.

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