Unit 4: Suite Flashcards
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Suite background and origins
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- in Renaissance era: dances often paired to emphasize contrast: as in the pavane and galliard combination
- in Baroque era: grouping of contrasting dances pieces taken a step further w/ establishment of dance suite
- practice of grouping dances together began in 17th century France, where term ordre was used in reference to collection of dances in same key
- in Germany, standard order for dances was established by Johann Jakob FRoberger in 17th century
- suites were composed for both solo keyboard instruments and for orchestra
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Suites characteristic features
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-suites consist of contrasting dances in same key grouped together
- in Baroque suite, standard dances include alllemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue;
- optional dances: menuet, gabotte, bourrée, and aria
-individual dances are generally in binary form
3
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suite
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- collection f stylized dances and other pieces in the same key
- cultivated in Baroque era
- written for solo instrument or orchestral ensemble
- 4 standard dances: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue
- additional movements may include: overture, prelude, menuet, passepied, bourrée, and others
4
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ordre
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French term for “suite”
5
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agréments
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- French term for ornament or embellishment
- used in 17th- and 18th-century keyboard music
6
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notes inégales
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- French for “unequal notes”
- performance practice associated w/ French music of 17th and 18th centuries
- notes w/ time values written w/ equal values are performed w/ unequal values, most often lengthening first note and shortening the second
- similar to practice of swinging eighth notes in jazz style
7
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(double)
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- French term used for embellished version or variation of a dance or movement
- performed as alternative to original during repeats or da cap/dal segno sections
- may be embellished using standard ornaments (appoggiaturas, trills, mordents) or w/ melodic variations in improvisatory style, expanding on the original material
8
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harpsichord
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- a keyboard instrument
- sound is generated by small quills inside instrument that plucks strings
- often had two manuals (sets of keys)
9
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Clavecin
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-French term for harpsichord
10
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hornpipe
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- lively triple meter dance of English origin
- originally associated w/ sailors
