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  2. List of suites by Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia

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    English Suites, BWV 806–811; French Suites, BWV 812–817; Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830; Overture in the French style, BWV 831; Other: Miscellaneous suites, BWV 818–824; Miscellaneous suites and suite movements, BWV 832–845

  3. List of compositions by George Gershwin - Wikipedia

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    Overture to Of Thee I Sing (1931), for orchestra. The shortest Broadway overture written by Gershwin. It is also the least episodic of his overtures. Only two songs are quoted in the overture, the rest are only referenced in fragments and repeating musical cells. Also features Gershwin's only known violin cadenza.

  4. List of program music - Wikipedia

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    Antar - symphony No. 2, later published as a symphonic suite. Sadko, Op. 5 - described as a Musical Picture; Night on Mt Triglav - extracted from the opera “Mlada” Skazka - “Fairy Tale” inspired by Pushkin. The Snow Maiden - suite from the opera “Snegurochka” Christmas Eve - suite from the opera; The Invisible City of Kitezh - suite ...

  5. List of compositions by Alexander Glazunov - Wikipedia

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    Op. 6: Overture No. 2 in D major for orchestra (1883) Op. 7: Serenade No. 1 in A major for orchestra (1882) Op. 8: To the Memory of a Hero, elegy for orchestra (1885) Op. 9: Suite Charactéristique in D major for orchestra (1884–1887) Op. 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884) Op. 11: Serenade No. 2 in F major for small orchestra (1884)

  6. Overture - Wikipedia

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    Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. [1] During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing, instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem.

  7. Suite (music) - Wikipedia

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    Gavotte from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 5. A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to five dances, sometimes with a prelude.

  8. List of compositions by Henry Purcell - Wikipedia

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    Z 752, Pavan in G minor (1680) Z 770, Overture in G minor (1680) – [This Z number is shared by a Suite in G major] Z 771, Overture in D minor (Unknown) Z 772, Overture in G minor (Unknown) Z 780, Trio Sonata in G minor (Unknown) Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts (c. 1680) Z 790, Trio Sonata in G minor; Z 791, Trio Sonata in B-flat major

  9. Orchestral suites (Bach) - Wikipedia

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    Scholars believe that Bach did not conceive of the four orchestral suites as a set (in the way he conceived of the Brandenburg Concertos), since the sources are various, as detailed below. The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalogue includes a fifth suite, BWV 1070 in G minor. However, this work is highly unlikely to have been composed by J. S. Bach. [2]