Baroque Suite
Composer
Key
Multiple
Nationality
American
Time Signature
Multiple
Annotation
Prelude
Key: G Major
Time Signature: 2/4
Range: G#3-D6
Tempo: Allegretto
Form: AABB
Right Hand
- Grace Notes
- Trills
- Many accidentals – G#3, C#4, Eb4, Bb4 , Eb5, C#5, D#5, Ab5, Bb5, F5
- 4th Finger extension C6
- 1 measure of 3rd position
- 4 double-stops
Bowing
- Detaché
- Accented detaché
- Detaché porté
- Grace notes slurred into primary note and 1 slur of 4 thirty-second notes
Rhythm
- 4 Thirty-second notes
- Sixteenth notes
- Eighth notes
- Eighth, 2 sixteenths pattern – throughout
Sarabande
Key: F# minor
Time Signature: 3/4
Range: A#3 – A5
Tempo: Moderato
Form: ABB
Right Hand
- Trills
- Shifting is necessary to do trills in the midst of a slurred phrase
- Many accidentals – A#3, D#4, G4, C5, D#5
Bowing
- 3 and 4 note slurs
- Hooked bowing not printed, but would help with phrasing
Air
Key: C Minor
Time Signature: 9/8
Range: C#4-Bb5
Tempo: Adagio
Form: AABA
Right Hand
- Trills
- Turns
- Some 3rd position (to ease string crossings, bowing and trills)
- Accidentals – Db5,
Bowing
- 6 note slurs
- Legato detaché
Rhythm
- Dotted half notes
- Dotted quarter notes
- Quarter notes
- Eighth notes
- Dotted Eighth notes
- Sixteenth notes
- Entrance on “& of 8”
- Some ties
- Ritardando
Gigue
Key: G Major
Time Signature: 6/8
Range: C#4-D6
Tempo: Vivace
Form:
Right Hand
- Grace notes
- Accidentals: Bb3, Eb4, Bb4, Eb5, Gb5, G#5, Ab5, C#6,
- 3rd position
Bowing
- Accented Detaché
- Detaché porté
- Slurs over the bar line
Recording
No recording available online.
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look inside | Baroque Suite For Violin and Piano (or Harpsichord). Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. 17 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41217. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114412170). |
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