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Noun: musical theme
  1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
    "the musical theme is announced in the first measures";
    - theme, melodic theme, idea

Derived forms: musical themes

Type of: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune

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