Note 1 — THE GAVOTTE.
Reading edition
The theme, or, as it is sometimes called, tema, is the subject of the work; that is, the principal idea of melody—the "plot," as it were, of the whole thing.
Reading edition
The theme, or, as it is sometimes called, tema, is the subject of the work; that is, the principal idea of melody—the "plot," as it were, of the whole thing.