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Ternary form

Ternary form is the simplest three-part design: a first section, a contrasting middle, and a return of the first section. The labels are A, B, A. When the return is changed, usually by adding decoration or shortening it, it is labelled A1.

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HandelMessiah: He was despised1741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major (WTC II), BWV 8701727BachPrelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major (WTC II), BWV 8781740BachPrelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major (WTC II), BWV 8801740BachPrelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor (WTC II), BWV 8831740BachPrelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor (WTC II), BWV 8851740BachPrelude in D minor (WTC II No. 6), BWV 8751740BachPrelude in E♭ major (WTC II No. 7), BWV 8761740BachPrelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major (WTC II), BWV 8721741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major (WTC II), BWV 8821741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major (WTC II), BWV 8861741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major (WTC II), BWV 8901741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major (WTC II), BWV 8921741BachPrelude in A major (WTC II No. 19), BWV 8881741BachPrelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor (WTC II), BWV 8731742BachPrelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major (WTC II), BWV 8741742BachPrelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor (WTC II), BWV 8911742BachPrelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor (WTC II), BWV 8931742HaydnSymphony No. 100 in G major1794HaydnSymphony No. 101 in D major1794MozartPiano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 3301783BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 21795BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 31795BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 71797BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 21798BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 31798BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 11798BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 261801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 11801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 21801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 281801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 531804BeethovenSymphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 551804BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 791809BeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 921812BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 1011816BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 1101821MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 641844MendelssohnOrgan Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 65 No. 31845WagnerTristan und Isolde: Vorspiel1859BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 151858BrahmsSymphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 681876BrahmsSymphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 901883BrahmsThree Intermezzi for piano, No. 2, Op. 117 No. 21892TchaikovskySymphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 641888TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 741893DvořákSymphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95FreeGriegHolberg Suite (From Holberg’s Time), Op. 401884BeachPiano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 671907Vaughan WilliamsTuba Concerto in F minor1954BartókString Quartet No. 1, Op. 71909BernsteinChichester Psalms1965PiazzollaOblivion1982

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