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Partita (also ''partie'', ''partia'', ''parthia'', or ''parthie'') was originally the name for a single- instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau ( Thomaskantor until 1722), his student
Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...
, and Johann Sebastian Bach used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for
suite 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' ...
. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two sets of partitas for different instruments. Those for solo keyboard the composer published as his Opus 1 (known as the Klavierübung I). One additional suite in B minor, the '' Overture in the French Style'' (often simply called ''French Overture'') is sometimes also considered a partita. See ''Partitas'' for keyboard (825–830) and choral partitas for organ. The "Partita" in A minor for solo flute (BWV 1013) which takes the form of a suite of four dances, has been given the title "partita" by its modern editors; it is sometimes transposed for oboe. Bach also wrote three partitas for solo violin in 1720 which he paired with sonatas. (He titled each of them the German ''Partia'', but they came to be called the Italian ''partita'', which was introduced in the Bach Gesellschaft edition in 1879, being the more common term at the time.) See: Sonatas and partitas for solo violin. The most prolific composer of partitas for harpsichord was
Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...
, whose works in the form number about 57. The first set was published in 1718 and dedicated to his patron Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. The last of his partitas exist in manuscripts dated 1750. They are difficult and virtuosic pieces which exhibit an astonishing variety of musical styles.Oswald Bill And Christoph (editors), ''Christoph Graupner : Thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (1683-1760)'', Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag, 2005. See:
List of harpsichord pieces by Christoph Graupner The following is a complete list of harpsichord works by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), the German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music. The works appear as given in ''Christoph Graupner : Thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen W ...
. The longest partita ever written so far is Shoah for Solo Violin and Sacred Temple by Jorge Grundman, which lasts an hour and a half and was finished in 2016.


Examples

Listed by composer: * Johann Paul von Westhoff: Partitas for solo violin * Johann Sebastian Bach; **
Partita for Violin No. 2 The Partita in D minor for solo violin ( BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach was written between 1717 and 1720. It is a part of his compositional cycle called Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Structure Except for the ciaccona, the movem ...
(1720) ** Partita for Violin No. 3 ** Partita in A minor for solo flute *
Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...
** Monatliche Clavier Früchte, GWV 109–120. 12 Partitas for Harpsichord (1722) ** 45 Partitas for Harpsichord (1718-1750) * Luigi Dallapiccola: Partita for orchestra (1932) * William Walton: '' Partita for Orchestra'' (1957) * Krzysztof Penderecki: Partita for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1972) *
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: **Partita for Double Bass (2015) **Partita No. 1 for Solo Cello, "Songs and Poems" **Partita No. 2 for Solo Cello * Jorge Grundman ** Shoah for Solo Violin and Sacred Temple (2016) * Stephen Hough: Partita for piano (2019)


Audio files

Johann Kuhnau: a choral partita from 'Biblische Historien'. Here it is called 'Sonata 4' (a programmatic title is added). The tune or cantus firmus is the famous chorale '' O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden''


References


External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20060716075418/http://www.jsbach.org/bwvs800.html contains the BWV listing including the Partitas (with their tonalities). {{Authority control Musical forms