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Theme Form

Theme Form is a compositional structure in music theory that belongs to the class of musical forms and is distinguished by the presentation, development, and recurrence of a principal melodic idea as the primary organizing element of a work.

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The ‘Continuous Exposition’ and the Concept of Subordinate Theme

William E. Caplin, Nathan John Martin · Music Analysis · 2015 · 87 citations

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The musical language of Pierre Boulez: writings and compositions

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 57 citations

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"Theme dynamics" and style: An experiment

Nils Erik Enkvist · Repozytorium Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) · 1974 · 56 citations · Full text

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Sonata Form and the Problem of Second‐Theme Beginnings

Mark Richards · Music Analysis · 2013 · 39 citations

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The Off-Tonic Return in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, and Other Works

L. Poundie Burstein · Music Analysis · 2005 · 39 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RR
    Rudolph Reti

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  2. MD
    Michael Dawney

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  3. NE
    Nils Erik Enkvist

    Åbo Akademi University, Finland

    1 publications · 56 citations

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  4. PP
    Paul Phillips

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. NJ
    Nathan John Martin

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 87 citations

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  1. Manhattan School of Music

    New York, United States

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    1 publications

    39 citations

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  1. Music Analysis

    5 publications · 227 citations

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  3. Journal of Music Theory

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. Notes

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 1 publications · 21 citations

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