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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.
The Minuet is in the key of E ♭ major with a trio in the distant key of C major. [ 2 ] The finale is an example of the Sonata rondo form that Haydn frequently used in his later symphonic works.
Aside from its undanceable meter, the minuet is a sombre work, emphatically minor in character. The trio section of the minuet offers a brief respite with a first strain in E ♭ major; but the second strain returns to the minor, modulating down through
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]
Ouverture (In D major. Metrical sign is for the opening section, 9 8 for the fast fugal section) Bourrée I/II (Bourrée I in D major & Bourrée II, the middle section, in B minor. Metrical sign is ) Gavotte (In D major. Metrical sign is ) Menuet I/II (In D major. Metrical sign is 3 4) Réjouissance (In D major. Metrical sign is 3 4)
Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 116; Polonaise in F major, BWV Anh. 117a Polonaise in F major, BWV Anh. 117b; Minuet in B-flat major, BWV Anh. 118; Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119; Chorale prelude "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", BWV 691; Chorale setting "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" in F major, BWV 510
The "Rondo" results in an ABACA form. Chronologically, the first refrain (A) (mm. 1–35) beginning in E ♭ major, repeats each section, (a) and (ba), forming (aababa). In the first episode (B) (mm. 36–71) beginning in A ♭ major, moves to F minor and finally resolves to E ♭ major at the beginning of the second refrain (A) (mm. 72–106), which is almost an exact repetition of the first ...
The Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006.1 (formerly 1006), [1] is the last work in Johann Sebastian Bach's set of Sonatas and Partitas. It consists of the following movements: Preludio; Loure; Gavotte en Rondeau; Menuets (I and II) Bourrée; Gigue; It takes about 15–18 minutes to perform.