Background,
Hintergrund. The deepest structural
level, showing the fundamental structure
of a composition. The background is thought of as an unfolding
of the chord of nature, thus a prolongation
of the tonic chord at the deepest level. Thus the background establishes
the tonality of a composition. The background is the realization
of the Ursatz in a particular
composition. The example shows the background of Handel's Aria.
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