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The Elements of Music
Chapter 8: Sonata Form
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Undergraduate 2
11/19/2011

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Exposition
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Involves the establishment of opposing tonal areas.
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First Tonal Area
Definition
Contains the initial thematic material of the movement.
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Transition
Definition
Originated as a modulatory passage leading to the second tonal area.
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Second Tonal Area
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Usually the dominant or (if the principal key is minor) the relative major, represents a return to relative stability.
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Monothematic
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When the exposition's second tonal area is a transposition of the first tonal area.
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Close (closing area)
Definition
Serves to solidify and prolong the new tonic.
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Development
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Comprises several subsections defined by tonality, texture, and thematic content.
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Retransition
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A harmonic and sometimes melodic preparation for the recapitulation.
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Recapitulation
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Material from the exposition is restated, in whole or in part.
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Coda
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May be appended to the recapitulation. In most sonata- form movements, it can be viewed as a final prolongation of the tonic. The coda is the last event in the movement, appearing after the closing area.
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