page_title: Musical development
section_title: Sequence and the development of two or more themes in combination
hierarchical_section_title: Musical development / Sequence and the development of two or more themes in combination
caption_attribution_description: English: Harmonic outline of Bars 33-49
context_page_description: In classical music, musical development is a process by which a musical idea is communicated in the course of a composition. It refers to the transformation and restatement of initial material. Development is often contrasted with musical variation, which is a slightly different means to the same end. Development is carried out upon portions of material treated in many different presentations and combinations at a time, while variation depends upon one type of presentation at a time.
  In this process, certain central ideas are repeated in different contexts or in altered form so that the mind of the listener consciously or unconsciously compares the various incarnations of these ideas. Listeners may apprehend a "tension between expected and real results", which is one "element of surprise" in music. This practice has its roots in counterpoint, where a theme or subject might create an impression of a pleasing or affective sort, but delight the mind further as its contrapuntal capabilities are gradually unveiled.
  In sonata form, the middle section is called the development. Typically, in this section, material from the exposition section is developed.
context_section_description: In bars 33-48, the two fragments combine and the development goes through a modulating sequence that touches on a succession of keys; 
   The following outline demonstrates Beethoven’s strategic planning, which he applied on a larger scale in the development sections of some of his major works.  The bass line traces a decisive progression through a rising chromatic scale:
  To quote Rosen again, writing à propos of this movement: "As Beethoven's contemporary, the painter John Constable, said, making something out of nothing is the true work of the artist."
caption: Harmonic outline of Bars 33-49
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