List of sonatas

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

Baroque (ca 1600 – ca 1760)

  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    • Sonata for 8 H 548 (date unknown)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Sonatas for solo violin (BWV 1001, 1003 and 1005)
    • Sonatas for flute and continuo (BWV 1034, 1035)
    • Trio sonatas: for organ (BWV 525–530); for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019); for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1027–1029); for flute and harpsichord (BWV 1030, 1032); for flute, violin and continuo (Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Realeincluded in The Musical Offering)
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
    • Rosary Sonatas
  • George Frideric Handel
    • Sonata for Violin and Continuo in D major (HWV 371)
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
    • Sonatas (2), for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo (c. 1695)
    • Sonatas (6), for violin and basso continuo (1707)
  • Giuseppe Tartini
  • Arcangelo Corelli
    • Trio Sonatas op. 1–4
  • Domenico Scarlatti
    • Keyboard sonata in E major L. 23
    • Keyboard sonata in B minor L. 33
    • Keyboard sonata in C major L. 104
    • Keyboard sonata in F minor L. 118
    • Keyboard sonata in A minor L. 241
    • Keyboard sonata in D minor L. 266
    • Keyboard sonata in G major L. 349
    • Keyboard sonata in C minor L. 352
    • Keyboard sonata in D minor L. 422
    • Keyboard sonata in B minor L. 449
    • Keyboard sonata in A major L. 483
    • Complete list
  • Pietro Domenico Paradisi
    • Keyboard sonata in A major
  • Jean-Féry Rebel
    • 12 sonates à 2 ou 3 parties, Book of twelve sonatas in 2 or 3 parts (composed in 1695, published in Paris in 1712)
    • 12 Sonates à violon seul mellées de plusieurs récits pour la viole, 12 sonatas for violin solo mixed with récits for viol, (Paris 1713)
  • Jean-Marie Leclair
    • Op. 1 No. 1 – Violin Sonata in A minor
    • Op. 1 No. 2 – Violin Sonata in C major
    • Op. 1 No. 3 – Violin Sonata in B flat major
    • Op. 1 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 1 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in G major
    • Op. 1 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in E minor
    • Op. 1 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in F major
    • Op. 1 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in G major
    • Op.1 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in A major
    • Op. 1 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 1 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in B flat major
    • Op. 1 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in B minor
    • Op. 2 No. 1 – Violin Sonata in E minor
    • Op 2 No. 2 – Violin Sonata in F major
    • Op. 2 No. 3 – Violin Sonata in C major
    • Op. 2 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in A major
    • Op. 2 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in G major
    • Op. 2 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 2 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in B flat major
    • Op. 2 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 2 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in E major
    • Op. 2 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in C minor
    • Op. 2 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in B minor
    • Op. 2 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in G minor
    • Op. 3 No. 1 – Sonata for 2 violins in G major
    • Op. 3 No. 2 – Sonata for 2 violins in A major
    • Op. 3 No. 3 – Sonata for 2 violins in C major
    • Op. 3 No. 4 – Sonata for 2 violins in F major
    • Op. 3 No. 5 – Sonata for 2 violins in E minor
    • Op. 3 No. 6 – Sonata for 2 violins in D major
    • Op. 5 No. 1 – Violin Sonata in A major
    • Op. 5 No. 2 – Violin Sonata in F major
    • Op. 5 No. 3 – Violin Sonata in E minor
    • Op. 5 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in B flat major
    • Op. 5 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in B minor
    • Op. 5 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in C minor
    • Op. 5 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in A minor
    • Op. 5 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 5 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in E major
    • Op. 5 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in C major
    • Op. 5 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in G minor
    • Op. 5 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in G major
    • Op. 9 No. 1 – Violin Sonata in A major
    • Op. 9 No. 2 – Violin Sonata in E minor
    • Op. 9 No. 3 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 9 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in A major
    • Op. 9 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in A minor
    • Op. 9 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in D major
    • Op. 9 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in G major
    • Op. 9 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in C major
    • Op. 9 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in E flat major
    • Op. 9 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in F sharp minor
    • Op. 9 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in G minor
    • Op. 9 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in G major

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)
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges
    • Three Sonatas for keyboard with violin: B flat, A, and G minor, Op. 1a (c1770)
    • Sonata for harp with flute obligato, in E♭ major
    • Sonata for harpsichord with violin obligato, in G major
    • Six Sonatas for violin accompanied by a second violin: B flat, E flat, A, G, B flat, A: Op. posth. Pleyel (1800)
    • Cello Sonata, lost, mentioned by a review in the Gazette du departement du Nord, April 10, 1792.
  • 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
  • Leopold 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)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus 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
  • Franz Xaver Wolfgang 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
  • Franz Schubert (see also Sonatas, duos and fantasies by Franz Schubert),
    • Sonata in F major for piano duet, D 1C
    • Sonata movement (Sonatensatz) in B-flat major for Piano Trio, D 28
    • Piano Sonata in E major, D 157
    • Piano Sonata in C major, D 279
    • Sonat(in)as for violin and piano, Op. 137: in D major, D 384 – in A minor, D 385 – in G minor, D 408
    • Piano Sonata in E major, D 459
    • Piano Sonata in A minor, D 537
    • Piano Sonata in A-flat major, D 557
    • Piano Sonata in E minor, D 566
    • Piano Sonata in D-flat major, D 568
    • Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D 568
    • Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D 571
    • Violin Sonata (Duo) in A major, D 574
    • Piano Sonata in B major, D 575
    • Piano Sonata in C major, D 613
    • Sonata in B-flat major for piano four-hands, D 617
    • Piano Sonata in F minor, D 625
    • Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, D 655
    • Piano Sonata in A major, D 664
    • Piano Sonata in E minor, D 769A
    • Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784
    • Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812
    • Arpeggione Sonata, D 821
    • Piano Sonata in C major, D 840
    • Piano Sonata in A minor, D 845
    • Piano Sonata in D major, D 850
    • Piano Sonata in G major, D 894
    • Schubert's last sonatas: Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 – Piano Sonata in A major, D 959 – Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960

Romantic (ca 1830 – ca 1900)

  • 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
  • Fanny Mendelssohn
  • Franz Liszt
  • 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
  • César Cui
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 84
  • Mily Balakirev
    • Two piano sonatas:
      • No. 1, in B-flat minor, Op. 5 (unfinished)
      • No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 102 (1905)
  • 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. 1 in F major, Op. 8
    • Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
    • 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
  • Gabriel Fauré
    • Violin Sonata No. 1 (1875)
    • Violin Sonata No. 2 (1916)
    • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1917)
    • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1921)
  • 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)
  • Rebecca Clarke
    • Sonata for Viola and Piano (1919)
  • Aaron Copland
    • Piano Sonata
    • Violin Sonata (also arr. for clarinet and piano)
  • John Corigliano
    • Violin Sonata
  • Claude Debussy
    • Cello Sonata (Sonata No. 1)
    • Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (Sonata No. 2)
    • Violin Sonata (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 for 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 in F minor, Op. 6 (1899)
    • Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 "In Romanian Folk Style"
  • Iván Erőd
    • 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[quantify]
  • Charles Ives
    • Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass., 1840–60
  • Leoš Janáček
  • Betsy Jolas
    • Sonate à 8, for cello octet (1998)
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová
    • Sonata Appassionata, op. 6 for piano (1933)
  • Aram Khachaturian
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano (1932)
    • Sonata-Fantasia for unaccompanied cello (1974)
    • Sonata-Monologue for unaccompanied violin (1975)
    • Sonata-Song for solo viola (1976)
    • Piano Sonata (1961)
  • Tikhon Khrennikov
    • Sonata for Cello and piano, Op. 34 (1989)
  • Zoltán Kodály
    • Sonata for Solo Cello
  • Ernst Krenek
    • Seven piano sonatas in different styles
  • Claus Kühnl
    • Sonatas 1–10 (2005–2008) for Piano
  • Dieter Lehnhoff
    • Hai-kai, Op. 24 (2001), sonata for piano
    • Sonata Urbana, Op. 30 (2010) for clarinet (or viola) and piano
    • Sonata Porteña, Op. 35 (2013) for flute and piano
  • Bohuslav Martinů
    • Flute Sonata No. 1
  • Nikolai Medtner
    • 14 piano sonatas
      • No. 1 in F minor, Op. 5 (1901-3)
      • No. 2 in A♭, Op. 11 (1904-7)
      • No. 3 in D minor, Sonate-Elegie, Op. 11 (1904-7)
      • No. 4 in C, Op. 11 (1904-7)
      • No. 5 in G minor, Op. 22 (1909–10)
      • No. 6 in C minor, Sonata-Skazka, Op. 22 (1910–11)
      • No. 7 in E minor, Night Wind, Op. 22 (1910–11)
      • No. 8 in F♯, Sonata-Ballade, Op. 27 (1912–14)
      • No. 9 in A minor, War Sonata, Op. 30 (1914–17)
      • No. 10 in A minor, Sonata-reminiscenza, Op. 38 No. 1 (1920)
      • No. 11 in C minor, Sonata Tragica, Op. 39, No. 5 (1920)
      • No. 12 in B♭ minor, Romantica, Op. 53 No. 1 (1930)
      • No. 13 in F minor, Minacciosa, Op. 53, No. 2 (1930)
      • No. 14 in G, Sonata-Idyll, Op. 56 (1937)
    • Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor, Op. 21 (1909–10)
    • Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (1922–25)
    • Violin Sonata No. 3 in E minor, Epica, Op. 57 (1938)
  • Alexander Mosolov
    • Five piano sonatas
      • No. 1, Op. 3 (1924)
      • No. 2, Op. 4 (1923–24)
      • No. 3, Op. 6 (1924)
      • No. 4, Op. 11 (1925)
      • No. 5, Op. 12 (1925)
    • Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 21a
    • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1927)
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky
    • Two sonatas for cello and piano:
      • No. 1, in D major, Op. 12 (1911, rev. 1935)
      • No. 2, n A minor, Op. 81 (1948)
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 70 (1946)
    • Nine piano sonatas:
      • No. 1 in D minor, Op. 6 (1907)
      • No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 13 (1912)
      • No. 3 in C minor, Op. 19 (1920; second version 1939)
      • No. 4 in C minor, Op. 27 (1924; revised 1945)
      • No. 5 in B major, Op. 64, No. 1 (1944 revision of an early sonata from 1907)
      • No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 64, No. 2 (1944 revision of an early sonata)
      • No. 7 in C major, Op. 82 (1948)
      • No. 8 in D minor, Op. 83 (1949)
      • No. 9 in F major, Op. 84 (1949)
  • Dora Pejačević
    • Sonata in D major, op. 26 for violin and piano (1909)
    • Sonata in E minor, op. 35 for violoncello and piano (1913)
    • Sonata in B minor, op. 36 (1914)
    • Sonata in A flat major, op. 57 for piano (1921)
  • Vincent Persichetti
    • Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 10 (1940)
    • Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. Op. 54 (1952)
    • Sonata for Organ, Op. 86 (1960)
    • 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)
    • Nine harpsichord sonatas:
      • No. 1, Op. 52 (1951)
      • No. 2, Op. 146 (1981)
      • No. 3, Op. 149 (1981)
      • No. 4, Op. 151 (1982)
      • No. 5, Op. 152 (1982)
      • No. 6, Op. 154 (1982)
      • No. 7, Op. 156 (1983)
      • No. 8, Op. 158 (1984)
      • No. 9, Op. 163 (1985)
      • No. 12, (Mirror Sonata) Op. 145 (1982)
  • Walter Piston
    • Sonata for Piano (1926)
    • Sonata for Flute and Piano (1930)
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano (1939)
  • Francis Poulenc
  • Gerhard Präsent
    • Sonata del Gesù for violin and piano Op.35 (1997–99)
    • Sonata al dente for cello and piano Op.23 (1988–90)
  • Florence Beatrice Price
    • Sonata in E minor for piano (1932)
  • 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
  • Leo Sowerby
    • Three sonatas for violin and piano
      • No. 1 in A major
      • No. 2 in B-flat major (1922)
      • No. 3 in D major
    • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1920)
    • Sonata for Viola and Piano (also playable on clarinet)
    • Piano Sonata in D major (1948, rev. 1964)
    • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1958)
    • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1944)
  • Igor Stravinsky
    • Piano Sonata
    • Sonata for two pianos
  • Stjepan Sulek
    • Sonate Vox Gabrieli, for trombone and piano (1973–1978)
  • Germaine Tailleferre
    • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1921)
    • Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1951)
    • Sonata for harp (1953)
    • Sonata alla Scarlatti, for harp (1964)
    • Sonata for solo clarinet (1957)
    • Sonata for two pianos (1974)
    • Sonata for piano four hands (1975)
  • Boris Tchaikovsky
    • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1957)
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano (1959)
    • Two piano sonatas:
      • No. 1 (1944)
      • No. 2 (1952)
    • Sonata for Two Pianos (1973)
  • Galina Ustvolskaya
    • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947)
    • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1949)
    • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1952)
    • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1957)
    • Piano Sonata No. 5 (1986)
    • Piano Sonata No. 6 (1988)
  • 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)
  • George Walker
    • Piano Sonata No. 4
  • William Walton
    • Violin Sonata
  • Mieczysław Weinberg
    • Sonata for Bassoon Solo, Op. 133
    • Sonata for Clarinet (or Viola) and Piano, Op. 28 (1945)
    • Two sonatas for cello and piano:
      • No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1945)
      • No. 2 in C major (1958–59)
    • Four sonatas for cello solo
      • No. 1, Op. 72 (1960)
      • No. 2, Op. 86 (1965); second version, as Op. 121 (1977)
      • No. 3, Op. 106 (1971)
      • No. 4, Op. 140 (1986)
    • Sonata for double-bass solo, Op. 108 (1971)
    • Six piano sonatas
      • No. 1, Op. 5 (1940)
      • No. 2, Op. 8 (1942)
      • No. 3, Op. 31 (1946)
      • No. 4, in B minor, Op. 56 (1955)
      • No. 5, Op. 58 (1956)
      • No. 6, Op. 73 (1960)
    • Six sonatas for violin and piano:
      • No. 1, Op. 12 (1943)
      • No. 2, Op. 15 (1944)
      • No. 3, Op. 37 (1947)
      • No. 4, Op. 39 (1947)
      • No. 5, Op. 53 (1953)
      • No. 6, Op. 136bis (1982)
    • Three sonatas for violin solo:
      • No. 1, Op. 82 (1964)
      • No. 2, Op. 95 (1967)
      • No. 3, Op. 126 (1979)
    • Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69 (1959)
    • Four sonatas for viola solo:
      • No. 1, Op. 107 (1971)
      • No. 2, Op. 123 (1978)
      • No. 3, Op. 135 (1982)
      • No. 4, Op. 136 (1983)
  • Eugène Ysaÿe
    • Six Violin Sonatas, Op. 27