| When copying Monteverdi's Ahi dolente partita on pp.410-11, each occurrence of a unison between the two cantus parts is marked with a cross. |
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| This partita is full of serenity, while also being playful, joyful and replete with savoury musical ideas. |
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| While the shortest, and technically the easiest, partita of the entire collection, this in no way diminishes its musical qualities or its charm. |
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| Graupner was nearly 70 years old when he composed this partita, just before going blind. |
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| The other movements of the partita convey a peaceful, simple, and profound atmosphere. |
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| The partita Winter is particularly elaborate and is longer than almost every other partita by Graupner. |
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| In accordance with the German tradition, the specific key chosen for a partita is given to all the movements of the work. |
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| Bach did the same in his second violin partita but reversely ended it with the immense chaconne. |
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| In 1726, Bach would also use hand crossing in the gigue of the first partita. |
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| The recording was inspired by the research of Helga Thoene, a musicologist who argues that Bach alluded to chorales in the Chaconne from the second partita for solo violin. |
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| Contestants could choose part of a Bach solo sonata or a partita. |
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| Only the third partita for two viols and continuo, a study in echo effects, risks lapsing into banality. |
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| The partita in E major contains only these four classical dances, making it the shortest of the 1718 collection and hence the decision to add a minuet and a gavotte. |
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| For instance, partita, the female past participle of the verb partire was not grouped with the noun partita, with which there is no semantic relation. |
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| The use of the soft pedal in the A minor Partita seemed a conscious aping of harpsichordists reaching up to a higher, fainter keyboard on their instruments. |
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| And John Garner was the accomplished soloist in Lev Smirnov's Partita no. |
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