Liszt also invented the symphonic poem for orchestra and the method of "transformation of themes," by which one or two themes in different forms can provide the basis for an entire work a principle from which Wagner derived his system of so-called leitmotifs in his operas.
Diller and Scofidio have taken this transformation as their theme.
In a purely musical sense the repetition or transformation of the theme also gives cohesion to large-scale works.
Both Goldwater conservatives and McGovern liberals grew out of this ideal, and a succession of governors turned presidents — Carter, Ronald Reagan, Clinton, George W. Bush — made this notion of transformation their central theme.
TRANSFORMATION is the theme of "Man of La Mancha," and more than one is taking place onstage these days at the Martin Beck Theater.
Transformation is the theme of the film, which tells how Roberta, with her perfect-seeming but ultimately boring life, finds her true identity and sense of self by following in the exciting footsteps of Susan in downtown Manhattan.
Loss and transformation were the themes of this year's Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and the final program, at Avery Fisher Hall on Friday night, offered some of both.
But in these works the program rather than any abstract musical form suggests the particular course of the transformation of the themes.
The transformation of cities into theme park versions of themselves.
In this transformation of the main theme there is something incongruous.
