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Recapitulation (music)
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In music theory, the recapitulation is one of

the sections of a movement written in sonata
form. The recapitulation occurs after the
movement's development section, and
typically presents once more the musical
themes from the movement's exposition. This
material is most often recapitulated in the
tonic key of the movement, in such a way that
it reaffirms that key as the movement's home
key. Recapitulation. Haydn's Sonata in G Major, Hob.
XVI: G1, I, mm. 58-80 Play .[1]
In some sonata form movements, the
recapitulation presents a straightforward
image of the movement's exposition. However, many sonata form movements, even early
examples, depart from this simple procedure. Devices used by composers include incorporating a
secondary development section, or varying the character of the original material, or rearranging its
order, or adding new material, or omitting material altogether, or overlaying material that was kept
separate in the exposition.

The composer of a sonata form movement may disguise the start of the recapitulation as an
extension of the development section. Conversely, the composer may write a "false recapitulation",
which gives the listener the idea that the recapitulation has begun, but proves on further listening to
be an extension of the development section.

See also
Coda (music)
Conclusion (music)
Reprise

References
1. Benward & Saker (2009). Music in Theory and Practice: Volume II, p.140-41. ISBN
978-0-07-310188-0.

Further reading
Rosen, Charles (1988). Sonata Forms (2nd edition). W. W. Norton & Co. Ltd.
ISBN 978-0-393-30219-6.

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