Aspects of unity in J.S. Bach's partitas and suites : an analytical study /

Aspects of unity in J.S. Bach's partitas and suites : an analytical study / David W. Beach.

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This work provides new insight into the inner workings of Bach's Partitas and Suites, establishing various ways in which the composer linked several movements of a suite to produce a unified effect. Musicians -- listeners, performers, and scholars alike -- have often felt a profound connectedne...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Beach, David, 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2005.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 33.
Subjects:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, > 1685-1750. > Suites.
Suites (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Suite (Music)
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • THE PARTITAS AND SUITES OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
  • Part I
  • 1 Introduction
  • The Role of Repetition and Variation
  • The Variation Suite
  • 2 Harmonic Plans
  • 3 Motivic Parallels
  • 4 Structural Associations
  • Part II
  • 5 Keyboard Suite in A Minor (BWV 818a)
  • 6 French Suite VI in E Major (BWV 817)
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX: Theoretical Terms and Definitions
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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