Category Archives: Gigue

Gigue is a piece of music often fugal, incorporated into the classical suite, played to accompany the dance of the same name. A gigue is usually in 3/8 or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as 6/8, 6/4, 9/8 or 12/8, although there are some gigues written in other metres.

French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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  • Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
  • Alternative-Title: ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ СЮИТА ДО МИНОР: Аллеманда, Куранта, Сарабанда, Жига (Бах, Себастьян Йоганн)
  • Opus/Catalogue-Number: BWV 813
  • Publisher-Information: Compilation of Musical Literature of Foreign Countries. For the Fifth Grade of Children’s Music Schools. Compiled by I. Prokhorova. Publishing House “Moskva” 1967
  • Year/Date-of-Composition: 1722 or before
  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Baroque period
  • First-Publication: 1802-03
  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: C minor
  • Instrumentation: Piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

 

French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813 (Johann Sebastian Bach).

  1. Allemande (Tempo: Allegretto moderato)
  2. Courant (Tempo: Vivace) 
  3. Sarabande (Tempo: Andantino)
  4. Gigue (Tempo: Allegro)

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Suite in G Minor, HWV 452 (George Frideric Handel)

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  • Composer: Handel, George Frideric
  • Alternative-Title: СЮИТА соль минор (Гендель, Георг Фридрих):
    1. Аллеманда
    2. Куранта
    3. Сарабанда
    4. Жига
  • Opus/Catalogue-Number: HWV 452
  • Publisher-Information: G. F. Handel. Pieces. Book I. For Children Music School (Elementary and Middle Grades). Compiled and Edited by Y. Piterin. Publishing House “Muzyka”, Moscow, 1977
  • Year/Date-of-Composition:
  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Baroque period
  • First-Publication:
  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: G Minor
  • Instrumentation: Piano

George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

 

Suite in G Minor, HWV 452 (George Frideric Handel):

  1. Allemande (Tempo: Allegro moderato)
  2. Courante (Tempo: Allegretto)
  3. Sarabande (Tempo: Andante)
  4. Gigue (Tempo: Allegro)

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Suite in D minor, HWV 437 (George Frideric Handel)

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  • Composer: Handel, George Frideric
  • Alternative-Title: СЮИТА ре минор (Гендель, Георг Фридрих):
    1. Аллеманда
    2. Куранта
    3. Сарабанда
    4. Жига
  • Opus/Catalogue-Number: HWV 437
  • Publisher-Information: G. F. Handel. Pieces. Book I. For Children Music School (Elementary and Middle Grades). Compiled and Edited by Y. Piterin. Publishing House “Muzyka”, Moscow, 1977
  • Year/Date-of-Composition:
  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Baroque period
  • First-Publication:
  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: D minor
  • Instrumentation: Piano

George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

 

Suite in D minor, HWV 437 (George Frideric Handel):

  1. Allemande (Tempo: Allegretto)
  2. Courante (Tempo: Allego moderato)
  3. Sarabande (Tempo: Largo)
  4. Gigue (Tempo: Vivo)

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