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Suites By George Frideric Handel
Suite may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Suite (music), a set of musical pieces considered as one composition ** Suite (Bach), a list of suites composed by J. S. Bach ** Suite (Cassadó), a mid-1920s composition by Gaspar Cassadó ** ''Suite'' (Penderecki), a 1994 composition by Krzysztof Penderecki ** :Suites (music) *Suite, a set of related illustrations considered to be part of one art composition (e.g., the Vollard Suite by Picasso) *'' Suite!'', a 2019 album by Roberto Magris *"Suite", a poem by Patti Smith from her book ''Babel'' *''Suite PreCure'', a series of the Pretty Cure anime franchise Architecture and design *Suite (address), a kind of address or location in an office building, shopping mall, etc. *Suite (hotel), a type of hotel room *Secondary suite, an additional separate dwelling unit on a property that would normally accommodate only one dwelling unit Other uses * Suite (geology), a lithodemic unit *Software suite, a collection of related software *Retinue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite (music)
A suite, in Western classical music and jazz, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/ concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes and grew in scope to comprise up to five dances, sometimes with a prelude, by the early 17th century. The separate movements were often thematically and tonally linked. The term can also be used to refer to similar forms in other musical traditions, such as the Turkish fasıl and the Arab nuubaat. In the Baroque era, the suite was an important musical form, also known as ''Suite de danses'', ''Ordre'' (the term favored by François Couperin), ''Partita'', or ''Ouverture'' (after the theatrical " overture" which often included a series of dances) as with the orchestral suites of Christoph Graupner, Telemann and J.S. Bach. During the 18th century, the suite fell out of favour as a cyclical form, giving way to the symphony, sonata and concerto. It was revived in the later 19th century, but in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
