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CODA (Ital. for " tail "; from the La...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 632 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CODA (Ital. for " tail "; from the
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Lat. cauda)
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music, a
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term for a passage which brings a
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movement or a
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separate piece to a conclusion . This
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developed from the
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simple chords of a cadence into an elaborate and
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independent form . In a series of variations on a theme or in a composition with a fixed order of subjects, the " coda " is a passage sufficiently contrasted with the conclusions of the separate variations or subjects, added to form a
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complete conclusion to the whole . Beethoven raised the " coda " to a feature of the highest importance .

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