... is made up of three main sections where various themes are presented, followed up by a conclusion. The exposition introduces the first theme, or conflict. Next, the conflict is developed and 6 combined with new themes. Then, the resolution appears during recapitulation, and finally, the coda section brings about the powerful ending. The theme and variations form is exactly what it says it ... is. A single theme is introduced and repeated until it is changed into different variations over the course of the piece of music. The same basic melody appears in each variation, and yet it is uni...

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... music form include: Luigi Rossi, Antonio Cesti, Giacomo Carissimi and Barbara Strozzi. Another important development of this time period is that of the Oratorio, a new genre of religious music that combined narrative, dialogue, and commentary (Norton 336). Oratorias had some likeness to the opera as it used recitatives, arias, duets, instrumental preludes and ritornello, but they differed greatly in their subject ... nine collections; he transformed the genre by exploring the texts and experimenting with matching emotional highs and lows in the music with those in the text, a procedure ...

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