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Minuet in A minor

Johann Krieger

What's this piece like?
This Minuet is the second to last movement of Krieger's Partita No. 6 in B flat Major. It is a delicate piece that combines the light articulate gestures of the Minuet dance with the tender and smooth quality of lyrical pieces.
Who's this piece for?
A great piece for beginners who are polishing their technique.
1-2 pages
Baroque
A minor

MOOD: Sad and delicate.

TECHNIQUE: Broken chords and counterpoint.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 2
Equivalent to ABRSM level 2
Equivalent to Suzuki book 2
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1685

George Frideric Handel was born.

1687

Isaac Newton's Principia was first published.

1689

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas premiered in London.

1689

Peter the Great became Czar of Russia and attempted to westernize nation and build Russia as a military power.

1697

Minuet was composed by J. Krieger at the age of 46 years old.

1699

French settlers moved into Mississippi and Louisiana.

1703

Saint Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great; it remained the Russian capital until 1918.

1705

George Frideric Handel's first opera, Almira, premiered in Hamburg, Germany.

1706

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

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