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Noun Concept

Categories: Motifs, Polyphonic form, Rhythm and meter, Formal sections in music analysis, Melody

theme melodic theme musical theme idea subject

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition WordNet 3.0

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(music) melodic subject of a musical composition WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In music, a subject is the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based. Wikipedia

Musical melody on which a composition is based Wikidata

The general category, often stated in a word or phrase, to which the ideas of a passage as a whole belong. OmegaWiki

An important melody that occurs several times throughout a piece of music. OmegaWiki

A musical theme or melodic subject. Wiktionary

The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue. Wiktionary

Music: main theme. Wiktionary (translation)

The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations. Wiktionary

Music: main melody of a piece of music. Wiktionary (translation)

The theme is announced in the first measures WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea

Wikipedia

subject (music)

Wikidata

theme

Wiktionary

idea, subject, theme

OmegaWiki

subject, theme, topic

Wikipedia Redirections

athematic (music), athematicism, counter-subject, counter subject, countersubject, Fugue subject, idea (music), main theme, monothematic, Musical subject, musical theme, polythematic, subordinate theme, Thematicism, theme (music), theme group

Wikidata Alias

fugue subject, musical subject, musical theme, subject