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Forms which arise through the combination of contrasting stylistic or textural elements, as well as formal principles. In Beethoven's music, this occurs mainly through the assimilation of imitative textures (fugue and fugato) within homophonically based forms, and also in such forms as Sonata-Rondo or Ritornello-Sonata form, or variations with sonata form elements
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Ritornello-sonata form
 
Sonata-rondo form