Variation suite
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Variation suite is a music
al genre most popular during the early Baroque
era. The variation suite consists of two or more movements where the first movement presents a theme and the remaining movements present variations on that theme. Movements in the variation suite are typically dance or dance-like forms, and are all in the same main key area. This cyclic form was predominantly used by German composers.
Paul Peuerl
is credited with composing the first true variation suites, which were included in his Neue Paduan (1611). The form was codified by Johann Schein
in his 1617 Banchetto musicale. Both based their compositional technique in the variation suite on the earlier varied couples form. The form is generally considered a hybrid of the theme and variations
and the suite
.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
al genre most popular during the early Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
era. The variation suite consists of two or more movements where the first movement presents a theme and the remaining movements present variations on that theme. Movements in the variation suite are typically dance or dance-like forms, and are all in the same main key area. This cyclic form was predominantly used by German composers.
Paul Peuerl
Paul Peuerl
Paul Peuerl was a German organist, organ builder, renovator and repairer, and composer of instrumental music....
is credited with composing the first true variation suites, which were included in his Neue Paduan (1611). The form was codified by Johann Schein
Johann Schein
Johann Hermann Schein was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was born in Grünhain and died in Leipzig...
in his 1617 Banchetto musicale. Both based their compositional technique in the variation suite on the earlier varied couples form. The form is generally considered a hybrid of the theme and variations
Variation (music)
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...
and the suite
Suite
In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...
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