Telemann, Partita n2 for Oboe and Continuo, Aria

Telemann published a set of 6 partitas for oboe and continuo in 1716 (facsimile available on IMSLP). Ever practical, he said they could be performed on flute or violin or even on keyboard alone. At first glance, the design of the partitas seems a bit unusual: an opening named movement followed by six "arias." These latter, however, are all small binary-form pieces in familiar types, and so the result is a more or less typical partita/suite design.

The second partita is in G major. Its second aria is a gigue that rewrites its first cadence in order to rise at the end -- see the second graphic below. The form of the rising cadence is one of those that works around the cadential dominant figure's two "suspensions" with a reaching-over (Forte's overlap): D5-E5-drops back to D5 but simultaneously G5 reaches over and completes the cadence with F#5-G5.    -- Click on the graphics for larger images. --