Theme (music)
In music, a theme is the beginning or main melody. It is usually familiar sounding and able to be recognized when it is heard.
From that beginning part of the music, variations can be played as the composition is developed or put together.
Theme (music) Media
First theme Haydn's Sonata in G Major
Mozart - Sonata in C Major, K. 309, I - exposition theme 1
Opening of Bach's Fugue no. 2 in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 847, showing the subject, answer, and countersubject.
