Gavotte and Variations in A minor

Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706)

A Gavotte with two variations by Pachelbel (Intermediate)!

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Difficulty level : Grade 6/12

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Sheet music details :

GAVOTTE AND VARIATIONS IN A MINOR

(Gavotte - Variation I - Variation II (Sarabande))
Composer :	Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706)	Opus/catalog number :
Movements :	Gavotte - Variation I - Variation II (Sarabande)	Composition/First publication :	Baroque period
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Baroque (1600-1750)
Key :	A minor	Duration :	02:40
Edition :	Edited by M.A. Caux	Difficulty :	Grade 6/12

Sources :

Johann Pachelbel, Miscellaneous Keyboard Pieces.

Program Notes :

This Gavotte and Variations in A minor by Johann Pachelbel is a work from the German Baroque period.

It has the following musical form :

Mm. 1-4 : Gavotte phrase A starting in the main key of A minor and modulating to the relative major key of C Major
Mm. 5-8 : Gavotte phrase B starting and ending in the main key of A minor
Mm. 9-12 : Variation I - Phrase A : sixteenth notes in the right hand
Mm. 13-16 : Variation I - Phrase B : again with sixteenth notes in the right hand
Mm. 17-24 : Variation II : Sarabande - Phrase A : quiet eighth notes in the right hand
Mm. 25-32 : Variation II : Sarabande - Phrase B : faster-moving rhythmic pattern leading to the final cadence in A minor

Please note that following Variation II, the player may repeat the Gavotte (the first eight measures).

Please note that the editor has added in this score suggestions for the correct realization of the ornaments in accordance with Baroque performance practice.

All trills start on the upper note, ON the beat.

In the cadential trills in measures 4, 8, 20, 24 and 32, the dotted quarter note is played as if it were double dotted, thus making the short notes at the end of trills uniformly sixteenth notes throughout the piece.

Also, the chords at the end of phrases may be broken slightly, as was customarily done in the Baroque period.

Finally, the dynamics in this score are editorial and should be considered as mere suggestions to the player, as Pachelbel himself did not provide any dynamics in his manuscript.

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