Pièce de musique instrumentale composée de deux, trois ou quatre morceaux d'un caractère et d'un mouvement différents pour un, deux ou parfois trois instruments.
ETYM Italian, from Italian and Latin sonare to sound. Related to Sound a noise.
Instrumental composition in three or more movements.
In music, an essay in instrumental composition for a solo player or a small ensemble and consisting of a single movement or series of movements. The name signifies that the work is not beholden to a text or existing dance form, but is self-sufficient.
A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.