Thursday, October 30, 2014

More rising cadence gestures from Bacquoy-Guedon

As an addendum to an earlier post, here are three more pieces from Bacquoy-Guedon that use rising cadence gestures in the second strain. Airs nos. 3 and 4 are menuets in the older style. No. 3 focuses registral play in the second strain on and about ^8  (G5). No. 4 asserts ^5-^8 to begin the second strain but leads the sequence up through that interval from the ^5 (D5). The minor-key trio for Menuet no. 4 starts the second strain firmly from ^5 and then ascends in the second and concluding phrase.