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