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Abdelazer Suite: Rondeau

16951 min

This guide follows Purcell’s Abdelazer Suite: Rondeau (1695) in one part (rondo).

Recording: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2020)

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Rondo0:00–1:29

The , a bouncy tune in rhythm, opens the piece. An follows, then the , then a second and the a last . Each of the five sections is eight long, so the piece moves in even, dance-like steps and ends on the tune that began it.

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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