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Beethoven Thesaurus

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Short rhythmic and/or melodic ideas that are sufficiently well defined to retain their identity. Or they can be transformed and combined with other material and thus serve as the basic element from which a complex texture or even a whole composition is created. Use for both general discussions of motives in Beethoven's music (types, influences, etc.) and for analyses dealing with motivic relationships, motivic elaboration, etc. in individual movements or works
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