txtDefinition=A technique in which a {\uldb theme}{\v 99088} is stated and then copied by another {\uldb instrument}{\v 84565} after a short time interval. Imitation was a pillar of Western music from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. The examples below come from the {\uldb finale}{\v 82354} to {\uldb K.}{\v 137211} 465.