- Partita
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music algenre . For the game, seeTarocchini ."Partita was originally the name for a single
instrumental piece ofmusic (16th and 17th centuries), butJohann Kuhnau and later Germancomposer s (notablyJohann Sebastian Bach ) used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym forsuite .Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two sets of Partitas for different instruments. Those for solo keyboard the composer published as his Opus 1 (known as the Klavierübung I). One additional suite in B minor, the "Overture in the French Style" (often simply called "French Overture") is sometimes also considered a Partita ("see"French Suites ). Bach's Partitas are very rarely called the "German Suites", in analogy with the "national" naming of the English and French Suites. SeePartitas for keyboard (825–830) Bach also wrote three partitas for solo violin in 1720 which he paired with
sonatas . SeeSonatas and partitas for solo violin ource
*http://www.jsbach.org/bwvs800.html contains the BWV listing including the Partitas (with their tonalities), as well as the French Overture.
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