Keyboard Suites of J. S. Bach
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780766165151
Subjects: Music; Genres & Styles - Classical; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: THE plan of grouping a number of short musical pieces into a 'suite' would not seem to require much explanation, but some writers have taken great pains to gain popularity for their theory that at some time or other in the eighteenth century a number of German musicians of cosmopolitan tastes settled upon a certain succession of dance-tunes, choosing them to illustrate the characteristics of various nationalities.