Baroque Suite Movements Flashcards
allemande: time
moderate, simple quadruple
allemande: character
short anacrusis, continuous movement, may be ornamented and imitative
french courante: time
moderately fast, simple triple, but can be ambiguous, e.g. time may change from 3/2 to 6/4
french courante: character
short anacrusis, usually solemn and stately
italian courante: time
rapid/ fast, simple tripe
italian courante: character
short anacrusis, continuous movement
sarabande: time
slow, simple triple
sarabande: character
no anacrusis, stately and often ornamented with anaccent on the second beat.
gigue: time
fast, compound duple
gigue: character
short anacrusis, contrapuntal (two or more independent melodies)
minuet: time
moderate, simple triple
minuet: character
no anacrusis, graceful
gavotte: time
moderately fast, simple duple or quadruple
gavotte: character
half bar anacrusis, simple rhythms, but rhythmic and sprightly.
name 5 other suite movements
air, bouree, passepied, prelude, polonaise.
