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French Suites

French Suite No.6: Menuet

Johann Sebastian Bach

DifficultyIntermediate
Duration0:37
Notes196
OpusBWV 817

Description

A brief Menuet from Bach's French Suite No. 6. The Menuet is a courtly triple-meter dance known for its graceful, measured step. This particular movement is modest in both length and note count, asking the performer to convey elegance through a simple, unadorned melodic line.

Six keyboard suites by Bach that elegantly incorporate Baroque dance forms.

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About the Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach was the towering figure of German Baroque music, serving for decades as Cantor of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Renowned for his mastery of counterpoint, he laid the foundations of keyboard music with works such as The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Inventions. This site includes 229 of his pieces, including numerous chorale settings and arias.

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