Binary form was popular in the Baroque period, often used to structure movements of keyboard sonatas.

He is best known for composing more than five hundred one-movement keyboard sonatas.

His keyboard sonatas, for example, mark an important epoch in the history of musical form.

Alberti's best known pieces are his keyboard sonatas, although even they are very rarely performed.

Many other works are lost, including additional keyboard sonatas, duos, fantasias and variations.

Haydn wrote more than 50 keyboard sonatas over a span of 40 years.

Today, his keyboard sonatas are generally performed on a modern piano, though various recordings exist that use the intended organ.

Schobert, in fact, had already published a number of keyboard sonatas with violin accompaniment, which possibly served as models for the young Mozart.

He is best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ repertoire.

Of more interest is the set of four keyboard sonatas.