MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: George Frideric Handel, Da Capo Aria, Minuet
17 Apr 2016
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Orchestal suite (sometimes called dance suite or baroque dance suite) Baroque 4: handel, suites, italian opera, & oratorio (cid:149) multi-movement instrumental work for orchestra alone (in baroque also w/ continuo group) (cid:149) the number of movements was not very standardized during the baroque period. Some examples of the genre have as many as nine (for instance, handel"s suite no. 2 in d major, popularly known as part of the water music). (cid:149) the individual movements are often evocative of dance types and have dance-related names (minuet, bourr e, gigue, hornpipe, etc. The prominence of this genre during the baroque period highlights the importance of dance during the period. The youtube links below contain historically informed performances of select movements from dance suites by g: handel works that have come to be known collectively as watermusic. The works premiered on 17 july 1717 after. King george i had requested a concert on the river thames.
