Episode |

Greek epeisodion, lit. – adding, inserting

Part of a piece of music that has a relatively independent meaning and in some cases is based on new, contrasting thematic material. episode in Greek. drama called the emergence of otd. actors between chorus. parts (episodes). In fugue, as well as rondo and concerto, preclassical. era of E. (interlude, couplet), as a rule, the construction of a medium-developing character between the main. themes, in the concert – often solo to contrast with the theme performed by the entire orchestra. In the rondo of the Viennese classics, E. is a section between refrains that creates meaning. contrast (thematic, textured, tonal) with adjacent sections, and the degree of contrast of the 2nd E. (close to the trio of a complex 3-part form) is higher than the 1st E. (close to the middle of a simple 3-part form, often also in period form, simple 2- and 3-part). In sonata form, E. – the introduction of a new contrasting theme within (as in the 1st movement of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony) or instead of development (as in the 1st movement of Shostakovich’s 7th symphony). The term “E.” occasionally occurs as the title of an independent play, for example. by M. Reger (fp. of the play, op. 115).

M. I. Katunyan