A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Plagal Cadence

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Plagal Cadence by Hubert Parry

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From volume 2 of the work.

2009381A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Plagal CadenceGeorge GroveHubert Parry

PLAGAL CADENCE is the form in which the final Tonic chord is preceded by Subdominant Harmony. [See Cadence.]

$<< \new Staff { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \partial 2 << { c''2 c''1 \bar "||" } \\ { f'2 e'1 } >> } \new Staff { \clef bass << { a2 g1 } \\ { f2 c1 } >> } >>$

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