theme
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musical melody on which a composition is based
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First theme of Haydn's Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI: G1, I, mm. 1–12
In music, a subject is the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based. In forms other than the fugue, this may be known as the theme.
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