Music: An Art and a Language - Reading Together - The Rondo Form

"For in a well-constructed Rondo the main theme must be one of such direct appeal that we look forward to hearing it again; and the successive repetitions must be so planned that we can easily enjoy this pleasure of reminiscence."
(location 1179, Kindle Edition)

"For, deadly dull as is the Variation form when treated in a stereotyped manner, by very reason of its freedom from arbitrary rules it may be a most elastic medium for the expression of poetic genius."
(location 1247, Kindle Edition)

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