development or expansion of a musical idea or theme
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Theme
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a group of notes, also called a melody, that will form the basis for a work that includes the theme's repetition and/or devel…
Theme and variations
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an extended work, sometimes in separated movements or sections, where the opening musical statement (theme) is subjected to d…
Thematic development
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the compositional process by which a theme is transformed by modifying its melodic outline, its harmony, or its rhythm
Elision
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the shortening of a theme or phrase by removing particular notes
Durchführung
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German
development
Double exposition
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in a concerto, when the theme is stated twice, once by the orchestra and once by the soloist
Development
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a musical form during which thematic material, introduced earlier, is greatly extended
Accompaniment
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support provided by harmonically or melodically to the main theme in a piece of music, which although designed to be subordin…