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  2. Minuet - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Minuets in G major and G minor - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. String Quartets, Op. 20 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    Minuet movement of opus 20 number 2. The pedal tones recall the sound of a bagpipe. The minuet, like others in the set, defies choreography. In the opening section, all the instruments are tied across the barline, so the sense of downbeat dissipates. The effect recalls the sound of a musette de cour, or other type of bagpipe. This movement, too ...

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A note marked both stopped and loud will be cuivré automatically [2] custos Symbol at the very end of a staff of music which indicates the pitch for the first note of the next line as a warning of what is to come. The custos was commonly used in handwritten Renaissance and typeset Baroque music. cut time Same as the meter 2

  6. List of solo piano compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    Minuet in F, K. 4 (Salzburg, 1762) Minuet in F "Triolen-Menuett", K. 5 (Salzburg, 1762) Klavierstück in C, K. 5a (Salzburg, 1763) Andante in B-flat, K. 5b (Salzburg, 1763) The London Sketchbook, K. 15a–ss (London, 1765) Klavierstück in F, K. 33B or Anh.A 6 (Zurich, 30 September 1766) Allegro in G major, K. 72a (doubtful) Allegro in D major ...

  7. Time signature - Wikipedia

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    Simple meters are those whose upper number is 2, 3, or 4, sometimes described as duple meter, triple meter, and quadruple meter respectively. In compound meter , the note values specified by the bottom number are grouped into threes, and the upper number is a multiple of 3, such as 6, 9, or 12.

  8. Cello Suites (Bach) - Wikipedia

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    The cello suites are structured in six movements each: prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, two minuets or two bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. [2] Gary S. Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello suites "among the most profound of all classical music works" [ 3 ] and Wilfrid Mellers described them in 1980 as ...

  9. Minuet WoO 10, No. 2 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    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. In terms of A-B-A sections, the three parts are: