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Minuet in the Classical period. A minuet (/ ˌ m ɪ nj u ˈ ɛ t /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually written in 3 4 time but always played as if in 6 8 (compound duple metre) to reflect the step pattern of the dance. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.
After the double Minuet, Petzold's Suite continues with a Gigue and a Passepied with Trio. According to the manuscript, the Minuets are to be performed da capo, in this order: [20] Menuet alternativement (=first Minuet, G major) [21] Menuet 2 (=second Minuet, G minor) [6] On reprend le premier Menuet (repeat the first Minuet) [6]
In time (i.e. the performer should return to the stable tempo, such as after an accelerando or ritardando); also may be found in combination with other terms such as a tempo giusto (in strict time) or a tempo di menuetto (at the speed of a minuet) ab (Ger.) off, organ stops or mutes abafando (Port.) muffled, muted abandon or avec (Fr.)
The minuet is in incipient ternary form, A-A-B-A, a type of song form as differentiated from other, such as the binary song form in the format A-B, the ternary A-B-A, or the rondo, A-B-A-C-A or an alternate form but with the "A" theme repeating after each new theme in the sequence of themes.
Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 116, in the second Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, doubtfully attributed to J. S. Bach; Minuet WoO 10, No. 2 (Beethoven), in G major, by Ludwig van Beethoven; Minuet in G Major, No. 4 of Five Minuets with Six Trios, D 89 for string quartet by Franz Schubert; Minuet in G (Paderewski), Op. 14/1 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski
4 or 2 2 time and is usually of moderate tempo, though the folk dances also use meters such as 9 8 and 5 8. [2] In late 16th-century Renaissance dance, the gavotte is first mentioned as the last of a suite of branles. Popular at the court of Louis XIV, it became one of many optional dances in the classical suite of dances.
The source is a partially autograph set of parts (Bach wrote out those for flute and viola) from Leipzig in 1738–39. [1]Ouverture (In B minor.Metrical sign of the opening section is ; metrical sign of fugal section is |; metrical sign of ending section, marked Lentement, is 3
For example, in the Minuet in Haydn's String Quartet op. 76 no. 6, the Minuet is in standard binary form (section A and B) while the trio is in free form and not in two repeated sections. Haydn labeled the B section "Alternative", a label used in some Baroque pieces (though most such pieces were in proper compound ternary form).