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Reprise
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Music/hDVP0xsQ">music</a>, a reprise is the <a href="/facts/Repetition_(music)/TpSkfwn9">repetition</a> or reiteration of the opening material later in a <a href="/facts/Musical_composition/EUR2qaQw">composition</a> as occurs in the <a href="/facts/Recapitulation_(music)/rpQEoCCd">recapitulation</a> of <a href="/facts/Sonata_form/xgVobu3o">sonata form</a>, though—originally in the 18th century—was simply any repeated <a href="/facts/Section_(music)/nCebzAlM">section</a>, such as is indicated by beginning and ending <a href="/facts/Repeat_sign/2DlPFjNQ">repeat signs</a>. </p><p>A partial or abbreviated reprise is known as a petite reprise (/pəˌtiːt rəˈpriːz/ pə-TEET rə-PREEZ, French: [p(ə)tit ʁəpʁiz]). In <a href="/facts/Baroque_music/UgrJnyTq">Baroque music</a> this usually occurs at the very end of a piece, repeating the final phrase with added <a href="/facts/Ornament_(music)/6cTGrTyG">ornamentation</a>. </p> Look up <i>reprise</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.