transformation of themes

music
Also known as: thematic transformation

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invention by Liszt

  • Franz Liszt
    In Franz Liszt: Legacy of Franz Liszt

    …and the method of “transformation of themes,” by which one or two themes in different forms can provide the basis for an entire work—a principle from which Wagner derived his system of so-called leitmotifs in his operas.

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