Clementi preluded and played a sonata; then the Emperor said to me, 'Allons, go ahead.'

A small clavichord was then brought in, on which I preluded, and played a sonata and the Fischer variations.

The merchant and his son, both ardent musicians in their leisure hours, played a sonata for pianoforte and violin.

The two of us played a sonata that I had composed for the occasion, and which had a success.

After playing a sonata, Mdlle.

I played a concerto, and all went off well except the accompaniment; and as a finale I played a sonata.

The danseuse who turns a pirouette, the violinist who plays a sonata, have acquired their dexterity by patient repetition and after many failures.