Music: An Art and a Language

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tence with an extended cadence may be found at the beginning
of the first movement of the Third Beethoven Sonata.]


The last type of simple, normal sentence is that of 16 measures,
divided into 4 phrases of 4 measures each. A clear distinction
must be drawn between two successive sentences of 8 measures
and the long sweep of a genuine 16 measure sentence. In the
latter case there is no complete and satisfactory stop until we
reach the cadence in the 16th measure.

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