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phrase

fraze

[English]

A musical unit, often a component of a melody. The phrase may be regarded as a dependent division of music, such as a single line of poetry; it does not have a sense of completion in itself. Usually two or more phrases balance each other, as in a period.


Example


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, II


Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26


English Madrigals and Songs: Thomas Weelkes: "As Vesta Was"





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