Assertion: concerto | /r/HasProperty | church sonatas
Facets:
value: merely
type: DEGREE
value: in effect
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Arcangelo Corelli - The concerti grossi of Corelli, which are among the earliest examples of the form, employ the principle of solo-tutti contrast; but he did not differentiate in style between the solos and the tutti portions, and these concertos are in effect merely church sonatas or chamber sonatas divided between a small and a larger group of instruments.