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1.212 motive
ES: motivo, I: inciso, F: motif, incise, D: Motiv, NL: motief, DK: motiv, S: motiv, FI: teema, sävelaihe.
The briefest intelligible and self-contained fragment of a musical theme or subject.
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See also
No cross-references.