Allemande
Baroque works
Definition
A moderate-tempo Baroque dance in common time (4/4), typically with a flowing sixteenth-note texture and a short upbeat. In the keyboard suite it is the opening dance. In the early Classical and Romantic periods the term was applied to German-style social dances in duple or triple meter.
Historical Context
The allemande originated as a German dance in the Renaissance and became the first standard movement of the Baroque keyboard suite. Froberger, Bach, and Handel all wrote celebrated examples. By Weber's time the term referred to a stylised German dance in moderate duple meter — his 12 Allemandes, Op. 4 are salon pieces rather than Baroque suite movements.
Works (30)
- English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: Allemande Key A major
- English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Allemande Key A minor
- English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: Allemande Key G minor
- English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: Allemande Key F major
- English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: Allemande Key E minor
- English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: Allemande Key D minor
- French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: Allemande Key D minor
- French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: Allemande Key C minor
- French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Allemande Key B minor
- French Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815: Allemande Key E♭ major
- French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Allemande Key G major
- French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Allemande Key E major
- Partita No. 1 in B♭ major, BWV 825: Allemande Key B♭ major
- Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: Allemande Key C minor
- Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Allemande Key A minor
- Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828: Allemande Key D major
- Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: Allemande Key G major
- Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: Allemande Key E minor
- Allemande 'La Précieuse' in C minor Key C minor
- Allemande in A major Key A major
- Allemande in A minor Key A minor
- Allemande in B minor Key B minor
- Allemande in C major Key C major
- Allemande in D major Key D major
- Allemande in E minor Key E minor
- Allemande in F major Key F major
- Allemande in G major Key G major
- Allemande in G minor Key G minor
- Allemande No. 1 in D minor Key D minor
- Allemande No. 2 in D minor Key D minor