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The most common tuplet [9] is the triplet (German Triole, French triolet, Italian terzina or tripletta, Spanish tresillo).Whereas normally two quarter notes (crotchets) are the same duration as a half note (minim), three triplet quarter notes have that same duration, so the duration of a triplet quarter note is 2 ⁄ 3 the duration of a standard quarter note.
Bach, J. S., The Well-Tempered Clavier: 24 Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846-869, Book I, 24 Preludes and Fugues, BWV 870-893, Book II Recorded at the Academy of the Arts and Letters in New York City, Elite Recordings, Producers/Engineer: Joanna Nickrenz, Marc Aubort; Editing: Joanna Nickrenz Bach, J. S. (Mercury) Organ Transcriptions: by Liszt, Busoni, Crochet, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, S. 544 ...
The word "crotchet" comes from Old French crochet, meaning 'little hook', diminutive of croc, 'hook', because of the hook used on the note in black notation of the medieval period. As the name implies, a quarter note's duration is one quarter that of a whole note, half the length of a half note, and twice that of an eighth note.
The House That Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie is a 1958 picture book written and illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. The book tells the story of the nursery rhyme "This Is the House That Jack Built" in English and French. The book was a recipient of a 1959 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. [1]
A barcarolle is characterized by a rhythm reminiscent of the gondolier's stroke, almost invariably in 6 8 metre at a moderate tempo. [2]While the most-famous barcarolles are from the Romantic period, the genre was known well enough in the 18th century for Burney to mention, in The Present State of Music in France and Italy (1771), that it was a celebrated form cherished by "collectors of good ...
En rythme molossique (In molossian rhythm) is the second of the Études in the minor keys, Op. 39 for solo piano by the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, published in 1846. It is in D minor . The piece is in rondo form , with two episodes, and is mostly driven by the rhythm .
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The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, original title Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art, also known as the French Overture and published as the second half of the Clavier-Übung II in 1735 (paired with the Italian Concerto), is a suite in B minor for a two-manual harpsichord written by Johann Sebastian Bach.