Hauptsatz – Definition in music

Definition of the German term Hauptsatz in music:

main theme, principal theme
first subject (the opening musical idea in a sonata form)

Language

German

Singular

Hauptsatz

Plural

Hauptsätze

Variant

Haupt-Satz

German musical terms related to Hauptsatz:

Durchführung – development (in sonata)...
Durchführungssatz – thematic passage within the development section of...
haupt – head, chief, principal
Kirchensonate – church sonata
Klaviersonate – piano sonata
Nebensatz – secondary theme...
Satz – movement (of a symphony, sonata, or similar large-...
Seitensatz – secondary theme...
Sonate – sonata
Sonatine – short sonata
Zwischensatz – episode (section of music in a sonata that connect...