ABSTRACT
Comments on Example 1-18 The phrase structure, due no doubt to the fact that this is a dance movement, is quite regular, organized by groups of four measures (except for the last eight measures, which seem more con tinuous and developmental). The strongest cadences are placed every eight measures. The authentic cadences in mm. 4 and 12 sound less than final, due to the trills and the weak-beat arrival of the tonic note. The four-measure phrases may be further broken down into two-meas ure subphrases. On a larger formal level, successive four-measure phrases may form eight-meas ure groups or periods (mm. 1-8 form a period, as do mm. 9-16).5