way the A’ section generally constitutes a return to the material exposed in the A section, but in many cases altered elements of the B section are also present. From the technical point of view, the role of the ‘Squillo’ in the formal unfolding of the entire composition must be emphasized. The ‘Squillo’ is repeated at the beginning and after every Expression, starting from the note a semi-tone above the starting tone of the previous ‘Squillo’, following the pattern: e–f–f#-g-a@-a-b@-b. The intervallic framework remains the same (as far as the generic type of interval is concerned) in each transposed repetition of the ‘Squillo’; there is no thematic influence of the ‘Squillo’ on the panels. Example 1 is the opening ‘Squillo’.
Example 1. Squillo I, bars 1-4 (transcription)
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