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measures.
Recapitulation
does the primary theme differ here from its appearance in the exposition?
• transition: begins in measure 103 , starting in the key of C
and ending in the key of E. In what ways does the transition of the
• medial caesura: appears in measure 113 .
Coda
• The coda begins (with a passage not heard in the exposition) in measure
148 , coinciding with the PAC at the end of the closing section.
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4. Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Barber of Seville (arr. Narici)
In this work, as in many opera overtures, the exposition is not repeated. Also, there
is no development section, and no transition section within the recapitulation. The
medial caesura within the exposition does not involve a pause in all the instru-
ments, but rather a marked thinning of the texture that lasts for a number of
measures.
Introduction
Exposition
the main theme in this movement lasts for two phrases).
• medial caesura: appears around measures 87
–
90 (see comments above).
• The PAC at the end of the secondary theme appears in measures 114
–
115 .
Recapitulation
• primary theme: begins in measures 154
–
155 in the key of E min. .
Coda
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