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Subject (music)

In music, a subject is the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based. In forms other than the fugue, this may be known as the theme.

Not to be confused with Theme music.

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Formula composition

Leitmotif

Thematic transformation

(1992)."Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems". Contemporary Music Review 6, no. 2:97–121.

Lerdahl, Fred