Bach French Suites BWV 812-817

Author: Zhou Shuida
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Publishing Date: 1994-10-01
Features: The French Suite introduced in this book belongs to the genre of baroque suite. Most of them are written in binary form, with a prominent second part that is often significantly longer—sometimes even one to two times as long—as well as a more complex internal structure without true recapitulation. This book belongs to the genre of baroque suite. The baroque suite was a type of instrumental suite popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Typically, it consists of four dances with different tempos and meters but unified keys, arranged in a specific order. The dances are the Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, and Gigue. Between the Sarabande and the Gigue, other dances such as the Minuet or Gavotte may be included, and sometimes non-dance pieces like Air or Melody are inserted as well.