PART III .-- The recurrence and corroboration of the original statement;.
_the reproduction of Part I_, and therewith the fulfilment of the important principle of return and confirmation.

The reproduction is sometimes exact and complete; sometimes slight changes, or even striking variations, possibly certain radical alterations, occur; sometimes it is only a partial recurrence, the first few measures being sufficient to prove the "Return"; sometimes, on the other hand, considerable material (more or less related) is added, so that Part III is longer than the First Part.
From this it appears that much latitude is given to the composer, in his formulation of the Third Part.

All that the Part has to prove, is its identity as confirmation of the leading motive, and this it may do in many ways, and with great freedom of detail, without obscuring the main purpose.

It is precisely this richness of opportunity, this freedom of detail, which enhances the beauty and value of the tripartite forms.
The following is a very regular example of the Three-Part Song-form (Schumann, op.

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