In European classical music, musical development is a process by which a musical idea is communicated in the course of a composition. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music An idea is a form (such as a Thought) formed by Consciousness (including Mind) through the Process of ideation. It refers to the transformation and restatement of initial material, and is often contrasted with musical variation, which is a slightly different means to the same end. In Music, a transformation consists of any operation or process that a Composer, performer or analyst may apply to a musical variable (usually a set or In Music, a theme is the initial or primary Melody. The Encyclopédie Fasquelle (Michel 1958–61 defines a theme as follows "Any Variation form Variation form include Ground bass, Passacaglia, Chaconne, and theme and variations Development is carried out upon portions of material treated in many different presentations and combinations at a time, while variation depends upon one type of presentation at a time (DeLone et al. (Eds. ), 1975, chap. 1).
In this process, certain central ideas are repeated in different contexts or in altered form so that the mind of the listener consciously or unconsciously compares the various incarnations of these ideas. Listeners may apprehend a "tension between expected and real results" (see irony), which is one "element of surprise" in music. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or This practice has its roots in counterpoint, where a theme or subject might create an initial impression of a pleasing or affective sort, but would go on to further delight the mind as its contrapuntal capabilities are gradually unveiled. In Music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and Rhythm, and interdependent in Harmony
The musical form which traditionally exploits development to the fullest is the sonata form. The term musical form refers to two related concepts the type of composition (for example a musical work can have the form of a Symphony, a Sonata form is a Musical form that has been used widely since the early Classical period. In this form there is a section after the exposition and before the recapitulation which is called the development section, where material from the exposition section is developed. In some older texts the development section of a sonata may be referred to as "free fantasia. "
See also
Variations were distinctively an outcome. In music composition, developing variation is a formal technique in which the concepts of development and variation are united in that variations
References
- DeLone et al. (Eds. ) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-049346-5
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