Air (music)

Air (music)

Air (French for "aria"; also "ayr", "ayre"), a variant of the musical song form, is the name of various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions.

Popular examples include the Air from the 3rd Orchestral Suite, BWV 1068 ("Air on the G String" is an arrangement for violin and piano made in the nineteenth century by August Wilhelmj), or the "Air with variations", BWV 988, a baroque clavier work, both composed by J. S. Bach, and Air from Water Music, in the Suite in F Major, HWV 348, by George Frideric Handel.


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