The primary passionate and turbulent theme is stated emphatically.

Then, the theme is stated at a much quieter volume.

The theme of black-white interdependence was always implicit, never stated.

And once a theme is stated, it immediately morphs into something else, with barely a single repetition.

Three themes are stated at the beginning of the track:

The theme is first stated in a slow movement called the ground or in Gaelic the ùrlar.

The theme is then stated again, this time in stretto between upper and lower voices.

The first theme is then stated by the flute over a steady ostinato in the piano.

The theme of a novel is sometimes explicitly stated within the story itself, either by the author or one of the characters.

The musical theme is initially stated by all the instruments playing a series of eight chords.