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partita

 
Dictionary: par·ti·ta   (pär-tē') pronunciation
n. Music
  1. An instrumental piece composed of a series of variations, as a suite.
  2. One of the variations contained in such a piece.

[Italian, from feminine past participle of partire, divide, from Latin partīre. See partite.]


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Term used in the 16th and 17th centuries for a single instrumental piece or variation, and by Kuhnau (1689) and later German composers (including Bach) as a synonym for suite.



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1. A set of variations. 2. A suite.

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Partita was originally the name for a single instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau and later German composers (notably Johann Sebastian Bach) used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite.

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. Bach's Partitas are very rarely called the "German Suites", in analogy with the "national" naming of the English and French Suites. See Partitas for keyboard (825–830)

Bach also wrote three partitas for solo violin in 1720 which he paired with sonatas. See Sonatas and partitas for solo violin

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