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antecedent| Typically, a pronoun substitutes for the antecedent noun. For example, in the sentence ‘Jane left early and John followed her’, Jane is the antecedent of the pronoun her. |
antecedent| In musical analysis, a phrase or passage that is followed by a complementary consequent phrase. Antecedent/consequent phrases are also known as ‘question/answer’ phrases. Compositions favouring this technique are associated most closely with the classical period. |
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