Category:Subjects (music)

**theme**
	musical melody on which a composition is based
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Instance of	musical concept; role (composed musical work);
Subclass of	artistic theme; melody;
Part of	fugue; theme and variations;
Different from	theme music;
Partially coincident with	theme music;
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Not to be confused with the categories: Theme music or Music by subject.

See also categories: Motifs (music) and Variations.

English: In music a theme or 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.

Nederlands: Een thema is in de muziek een herkenbare muzikale zin of frase die als uitgangspunt dient voor de verdere muzikale compositie. In het Engels noemt men een thema van een fuga een "subject", van andere muzikale vormen "theme".

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Sheet music of subjects (musical themes) (123 F)

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Folia (musical theme) (14 F)

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Mysterioso Pizzicato (8 F)

Media in category "Subjects (music)"

The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total.

Ah je vous dirai maman theme.wav 15 s; 2.45 MB
Bach - BWV 847, mm. 1-4.mid 0.0 s; 607 bytes
City Life Theme Steve Reich.png 1,161 × 166; 754 KB
Fantaisie brillante.pdf 1,239 × 1,754, 4 pages; 129 KB
First theme Haydn's Sonata in G Major.mid 0.0 s; 944 bytes
Franck Eolides Eulenburg 1.jpg 1,840 × 211; 133 KB
Franck Eolides Eulenburg 2-1.jpg 2,082 × 220; 124 KB
Franck Eolides Eulenburg 2-2.jpg 2,142 × 232; 153 KB
Franck Eolides Eulenburg 2-3.jpg 1,724 × 180; 118 KB
Franck Eolides Eulenburg 4.jpg 3,304 × 292; 250 KB
FranckDmin.png 859 × 336; 26 KB
FranckOpeningTheme.png 703 × 122; 99 KB
Hauptthema.png 327 × 61; 18 KB
IMSLP206670-WIMA b627-BWV1(I)Sco.ogg 8 min 49 s; 8.16 MB
Kunst der Fuge subject.mid 0.0 s; 231 bytes
Mozart - Sonata in C Major, K. 309, I - exposition theme 1.mid 0.0 s; 2 KB
Muchbinding.png 274 × 71; 5 KB
Rumba Toccata.png 975 × 234; 31 KB
Schumann BACH-Fugenthemen.png 2,270 × 1,607; 247 KB
Schumann First Symphony harmonic minor example.mid 0.0 s; 179 bytes
Vivaldi Concerto grosso Op 3-2 melodic minor example.mid 0.0 s; 249 bytes
Wagner Sleep music from Act 4 of Die Walkure.png 2,107 × 159; 4 KB

v t e Musical notation and development categories (experimental)
Staff	Bar & bar line • Clef • Da capo • Dal segno • Key signature • Ledger line • Musical mode • Musical scale • Rehearsal letter • Repeat sign • Time signature • Transposition • Transposing instrument
Notes	Accidental (Flat • Natural • Sharp) • Dotted note • Grace note • Note value (Beam • Note head • Stem) • Pitch • Rest • Tuplet • Interval • Helmholtz pitch notation • Letter notation • Scientific pitch notation
Articulation	Dynamics • Ornament (Trill • Mordent • Grace note) • Portato • Accent • Legato • Tenuto • Marcato • Staccato • Staccatissimo • Tie • Slur • Fermata • Tonguing
Development	Coda • Exposition • Harmony • Melody • Motif • Ossia • Recapitulation • Repetition • Rhythm & (Beat • Tempo) • Theme • Tonality • Atonality
Related	Braille music • Chords • Figured bass • Graphic notation • Lead sheet • Eye music • Neume • Tablature • Musical symbols

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