Retransition (Ger. Rückleitung)
- James Webster
Extract
(Ger. Rückleitung)
In any work or movement said to be in Sonata form, the last part of the development section, which prepares for the return of the opening idea (recapitulation). In tonal works the retransition normally consists of a passage leading to the dominant of the key of the movement and then a passage that emphasizes the dominant just before the recapitulation begins....
