thematic material
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthematicandmaterial
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thematic
adjective
uk/θɪˈmæt.ɪk/us/θiːˈmæt̬.ɪk/
relating to or based on subjects or ...
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material
noun
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofthematicandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A three-note motif is the 'spark igniting thethematicmaterial' of the elemental first movement.
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To bridge this gap in the model (figure 3), conceptual notions must be translated into emotional/ auralthematicmaterial.
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These modifications are all classic variations used in canons and fugues to varythematicmaterial.
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However, since the themes can be variations upon variations, the net result is often indistinguishable from creating new, barely relatedthematicmaterial.
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Then newthematicmaterialis introduced step by step - the fluid second subject, the vigorous third, and more.
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At the crucial juncture, then, the domains of text, tonality, andthematicmaterialare non-congruent.
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While there is no restatement of any music, thethematicmaterialin all four sections is closely related.
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These are mapped to the unity and variety ofthematicmaterialbased on the composer's auralisations.
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Overall, the uniformity of thethematicmaterialexpresses a single affect centred on the first quatrain.
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In much twentieth century music, motivic andthematicmaterialhas been particularly malleable.
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He can resolve thethematicmaterialof plot, character and ideas in whatever way suits him.
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It does not imply the presentation ofthematicmaterialthat will return later in the movement.
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Besides the development of the primarythematicmaterial, other notable moments in the first section have complementary formal functions.
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But it remains a strange feeling for a trained harpsichordist to play such a direct fifth or octave, even when it results from a consistent use of thethematicmaterial.
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But this structural balance does not depend on the sonata principle, with its call for the non-tonicthematicmaterialof the exposition to return in the tonic.
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Its numerous sections, ranging from one to sixty bars in length (although typically a section lasts half a dozen bars), are identified and differentiated through their speed andthematicmaterial.
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At the same time, the music progresses from extreme violence and complexity, in which all thethematicmaterialis outlined, to the simplicity of a pure sine tone.
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His multi-subject fugues repeat this pattern for each subject, and combinethematicmaterialfrom all expositions in the last section.
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Like the first movement, thethematicmaterialin the third is presented through tone rows and chromatic figures.
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There is to an extent extrathematicmaterialduring the recapitulation.
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