Ternary form
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Main Period: Baroque

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Chopin


Mendelssohn
'The Concert' (c. 1530) in Schloss Rohrau, Graf Harrach'sche Familiensammlung, Vienna - probably A clone of Concert of Women (1530-40) master of Female Half-length, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Ternary forms
Forms consisting of three parts: an opening section, including the main themes, part B develops those themes, and a closing A (or a modified A') section. This form of a reprising A section is a typical poetic form from ancient times and 12th century minesienger songs and the opera song - the aria da capo.
In the sonata form, in which symphonies and sonatas are written, the minuet movement is also written as a ternary form (minuet-trio-minuet).
Ternary structures are also found among 19th century piano pieces, such as Mendelssohn's "Songs Without Words" and the nocturnes and waltzes of ChopinEtude in Gbm, Op.10 No.5 'Black Key' - Chopin, and in the slow movements of many Classical sonatas, symphonies and concertos.


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Etude in Gbm, Op.10 No.5 'Black Key' by Chopin
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Sicilienne from 'Pelleas et Mélisande' by Fauré


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