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