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partita::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | suite |
partita::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | variation |
Examples of partita
partita
This partita is all about balance, and of a telltale arrangement of emotional space within, and between notes.
From the sacbee.com
The Ciaconna that closes the second partita builds to a searing climax and the phrasing everywhere is immaculate.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He played the moody prelude of the partita with an uncanny combination of rhapsodic freedom and rhythmic rigor.
From the nytimes.com
The Bach pairing is inspired by a current scholarly theory that this partita was a hidden memorial to his late wife.
From the guardian.co.uk
Partita for 8 Voices is a four-movement work, built on the Baroque dance forms of the allemande, sarabande, courante and passacaglia.
From the npr.org
Tom Kempinski's play is a melancholy partita-two characters, six scenes-about a brilliant violinist struck down in her prime by multiple sclerosis, and the psychiatrist who tries to help her.
From the time.com
- One of the variations contained in a partita
- (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
- Partita was originally the name for a single instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau (Thomaskantor - 1722, followed by Bach) and later German composers (notably Johann Sebastian Bach) used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite.
- Partita for orchestra, Alla memoria di Ernesto Consolo, is a composition by the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola. It was composed between 1930 and 1932.
- Term initially applied as a synonym for 'set of variations' (17th century), then as a synonym for 'suite' (c1700 to present).
- Another name for suite or theme and variations.
- 1. A set of variations. 2. A suite.
- For solo cello (1991)
