baroque dances, keyboard suite

Question 1

standard order of the baroque suite

Answer 1

prelude, allemande, corrente, sarabande, gigue

Question 2

time signatures for baroque suite pieces

Answer 2

prelude=common, allemande, =commmon duple, corrente, = 3/4, sarabande, triple large beats, gigue, compound triple, 6/8

Question 3

the fugues written for 2 or five voices.

Answer 3

2=wtc I e minor…..5=wtc I , c#

Question 4

what kind of piece begins each of the english suites?

Answer 4

prelude

Question 5

name the keys and order of bach’s partitas

Answer 5

Bflat, c minor, a minor, D G e minor

Question 6

talk about the goldberg variations, in basic terms

Answer 6

aria, every 3rd variation is a canon, the variation after each canon is a genre piece (dance.
-the second variation after the canon, is a toccata like
-the work is in 2 parts, variation 16 begins part 2. French overture.
Variation 30 is quodlibet, which means whateverf

1st canon is unison, 2nd is 2nd, 3rd is 3rd, 4th is at the 4th, and so on until 9th.

Question 7

important work by kuhnau,

Answer 7

clavier ubung, 7 partitas and 6 biblical sonatas

Question 8

important work by jkf fischer

Answer 8

, adriadne musicae, 20 preludes and fugues in 19 keys.

Question 9

what did bach composer in arnstadt

Answer 9

the acppricio, little harpsichord music

Question 10

what did bach compose in weimar

Answer 10

the toccatas, aria variata

Question 11

cothen (bach)

Answer 11

toccatas no. 6 and 7, englsh and french suites, chromatic fantasy, wtk 1, anna magdalena’s notebook, inventions and sinfonias

Question 12

leipzig,

Answer 12

partitas, italian concerto, french overture, wtk 2, goldberg, duetti, musical offering, the art of the fugue.

Question 13

toccatas always have a fugue,

Answer 13

contrast beween duple meter and faster compound/triple meter.

Question 14

fugue structure

Answer 14

presentation=the time period during which the fugue appears in all of the voices. –continuation,,,,cadence?

Question 15

double triple counterpoint

Answer 15

rotate the order of subject and countersubject.

Question 16

double fugue,

Answer 16

merging two different subjects

Question 17

arioso,

Answer 17

choral organ sound, church style,

Question 18

what is easier, french suites, or english suites

Answer 18

french are easiest

Question 19

allamande,

Answer 19

duple meter, characterized by broken counterpoint

Question 20

courante

Answer 20

means to run, in italian, 3/4 with faster tempo, less complex, french use 3/2 and hemiola at the cadence

Question 21

sarabande,

Answer 21

slow dance in three triple meter, used long notes, heavily ornamented

Question 22

bouree

Answer 22

fast duple meter, drunk dance

Question 23

gavotte

Answer 23

duple meter

Question 24

minuet

Answer 24

triple meter

Question 25

passapied

Answer 25

fast 3/8 or 6/8, feet movement,

Question 26

polonaise

Answer 26

triple meter

Question 27

airs,

Answer 27

like songs

Question 28

louree

Answer 28

moderate dances, 6/4 and dotted rhythms, in common with sarabande

Question 29

Gigue,

Answer 29

compound meter, freely imitative, not straight fugue, in b section, the subject can be inverted….fast and brilliant…..itialian version is giga,

Question 30

french suites

Answer 30

easire than english suites, smaller scope,,…lighter character,……..dances mostly in binary form.

Question 31

english suites

Answer 31

written in cothen, Larger work with longer movement in each dance…prelude always as the opening movement.

Question 32

partitas,

Answer 32

written in leipzig, bigger works longer works. ……..each piece has introductory, prelude, sinfonia, or toccata, c minor is the only one that does not use gigue,

Question 33

Ricercare

Answer 33

imitative counterpoint style

Question 34

fantasia

Answer 34

imitative pieces too, unlike in romantic where the fantasy is a piece with free style and form.

Question 35

canzona

Answer 35

arrangement of a polyphonic song (from the word chanson)>. usually fugal and imitative, in variation form

Question 36

toccata

Answer 36

to touch, has more virtuosic elemtn, very sectionalized form, fugal vs thematic idea, generally more stand along and substantial pieces.

Question 37

prelude

Answer 37

an introductory movement to set the key or mode for the mass service, to establish the key for the suite, free structure. in unmeasured prelude a series of notes.