Reprise

In music a reprise is the repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition such as occurs in the recapitulation of sonata form, though it originally (18th century) was simply any repeated section, such as is indicated by beginning and ending repeat signs. (Stein 2005, p.331)

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Examples of Reprises in Popular Music:

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In the track "Time" By Pink Floyd off the album Dark Side of the Moon there is a reprise at the end into the first track, "Breathe".

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Music: Music is a natural intuitive phenomenon operating in the three worlds of time, pitch, energy, and under the three distinct and interrelated organization structures of rhythm, harmony, and melody....

Recapitulation: The word recapitulation can mean:...

Sonata form: Sonata form refers to both the standard layout of an entire musical composition and more specifically to the standardized form of the first movement. The latter is also referred to as sonata-allegro form. Sonata form is both a way of organizing the composing of a work and a way of analyzing an exist...