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THE FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC

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BACH'S PARTITAS
Played by GERDA NETTE
IN the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
German town bands used to play dance tunes in sets, such a set being called a Partie.' ' Partita ' is the Italian form of the word, and composers for the Keyboard took this name for their suites of pieces in dance styles.

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