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AllemandeSuite in G major · BWV 816 · I

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Difficulty 6
  • G major
  • 3 min
  • 26 measures

The Allemande that opens Bach's French Suite No. 5, BWV 816. This flowing dance passes unbroken fast lines between the hands while the other voices hold tied notes across the beat. Bach wrote down the opening bars of this suite for his second wife before returning later to complete the work.

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