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partita

[ pahr-tee-tuh; Italian pahr-tee-tah ]

noun

Music.
plural partitas, partite
  1. an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
  2. a set of variations.


partita

/ ɑːˈپːə /

noun

  1. music a type of suite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of partita1

1875–80; < Italian, feminine of partito divided. See party
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of partita1

Italian: divided (piece), from Latin 貹ī to divide
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The pandemic was the occasion, and Bach’s partitas a source of inspiration, when Gary Anthes began to photograph still lifes in an abandoned structure on his property.

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They were husband-and-wife artists in the Odessa Philharmonic — he plays the cello, she the violin — sharing a love for Bach partitas and the music from “Star Wars.”

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His instrumental suites, partitas and concertos, made of dance forms, can include some of the most profound music of this most profound of composers.

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On hearing the first notes of Chalifour playing the solo Bach partita that night, the goose bumps came, as Gehry has recalled, then the tears.

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The project followed his recording of the sonatas and partitas.

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