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Music theory

the brief gap, usually after a half cadence, that divides a sonata exposition into two parts and opens space for the secondary theme.

In music theory, medial caesura refers to the brief gap, usually after a half cadence, that divides a sonata exposition into two parts and opens space for the secondary theme. This meaning comes from Hepokoski (1997) in Music Theory Spectrum.[1]

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cadence3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs caesura1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct exposition3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Hepokoski, J., & Darcy, W. (1997). The Medial Caesura and Its Role in the Eighteenth-Century Sonata Exposition. Music Theory Spectrum, 19(2), 115-154. https://doi.org/10.1525/mts.1997.19.2.02a00010

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