Subject

Satz

Shared keywords

German

movement, theme or subject, phrase, composition or piece, texture, style

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…

Fugue

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form in which a subject theme is introduced and then extended and developed through some number of successive imitations

Song cycle

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a group of songs performed in an order establishing a musical continuity related to some underlying theme

Soggetto

Shared keyword

Italian

subject

Tema

Shared keyword

Italian

theme

Thematic catalogue

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the classification of music under headings which include the opening notes of the composition and/or the notes of the main th…