Menuet series 2-6b: Chédeville l'aîné

Here are a few examples to augment the information from yesterday's post. These four pieces are from the second suite (out of six) in the second volume (out of eight) in Chédeville's Receuils series from the early 1730s. This suite has the following numbers. Dance labels in brackets are my guesses -- they are not part of Chédeville's title.

1. Vaudeville   [gavotte]
2. Menuet
3. Depuis long tems  [rigaudon?]
4. Les Dieux vous ont donné   [menuet?]
5. Parcourez et la terre et londe   [gavotte]
6. Suivons l'Amour dans le bel age   [menuet?]
7. Je suis un bon Soldat  [bourée]
8. Vaudeville  [menuet?]
9. Vaudeville
10. Vous scavéz Climene  [menuet?]
11. La galopade    [gavotte]
12. Menuet

One of the most common of the simple period types, this varies little in the two phrases--eighth notes in bar 4 become a single held note in bar 8 (see circled notes). This is the first menuet in suite 2.

Again a common form: a strongly contrasting second phrase rather than "developmental" continuation. This is from suite 6 in book 2.

A classic sentence. This is the second menuet in suite 2.

A four-bar theme labeled with my term: a presentation phrase that acts formally as a theme. This is from suite 3 in book 2.

Finally, note the variety in the formal functions for the second strains, but all in clearly defined, "tight" designs.

Example 1 above: period
Example 2: 16-bar sentence
Example 3: 16-bar period?
Example 4: period