He called the march "a masterstroke that demonstrates the full emotional range of thematic transformation."

Instead, his role is to create, or at least seem to create, inventive variations that lead the listener through a series of thematic transformations.

This use of thematic transformation likewise changed Liszt's attitude toward compositional form.

The second alternative, thematic transformation, originated with Haydn and Mozart.

However, Liszt learned to create longer formal structures solely through thematic transformation.

More demonstration of thematic transformation is also needed.

Liszt was not the first composer to use thematic transformation.

The motivic units undergo thematic transformation throughout the work to suit the musical context of the moment.

He demands a tightly controlled interplay between voices, without which his thematic transformations would be unclear.

Within it, though, one hears the sort of elaboration - thematic transformation, really - that Bach would have recognized.