What is the meaning of recapitulation?

noun

  • Emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species.
  • Music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated. (
  • A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
  • Music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement. ().
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