Isaac Strauss, Figaro-Revue

Isaac Strauss was born in Strasbourg, the principal city on the French side of the Rhine river, and was active in Paris. A skilled Conservatoire-trained violinist, he took up conducting and became very successful (and also wealthy). He wrote original music but also many arrangements for dance and concert, including the Figaro-Revue for piano four-hands based on tunes by the younger composer Marius Boullard. Isaac Strauss was no relation to the Vienna Strausses.

The design is that of a quadrille, five parts with the traditional names (Pantalon, etc.), to which Strauss has added another whimsical title. The two of interest to us are n2 (Éte; Le Cigare) and n4 (Pastourelle; Le Mur de la Vie privée).

As in a few earlier instances on this blog, I have collated the prima and secunda parts. At the beginning, ^3 has the better of the cover tone ^5. Note the lower neighbor (interruption) at phrase end and the doubling of ^3 in the secunda part -- at (a). In the second phrase, however, the cover tone suddenly comes alive and takes over -- at (b) -- while ^3 descends in the secunda part, right hand.

In n4, a pattern of thirds puts the focus on ^5 and thus the ascent in the cadence is not much of a surprise. Note that the voice splits as F6 moves down in inner voices.

Herz, Contredanses variées [Quadrille], op. 35

Henri Herz, Contredanses variées, op. 35, is in the form of a quadrille, a complicated dance for four couples that has a set design of five numbers, each of which has a specific form. The first number has an eight-bar promenade, A (see below) followed by two dance "figures" with the musical design BACA, for a total of 72 bars: 8 + 32 + 32. As Franz Hünten does in a quadrille published around the same time (link), Herz varies (embellishes) the return of B and C in the second figure, but never A.

At (a), a well-defined interval is unfolded; at (b), its lower note is extended; at (c), the unfolding reverses; at (d) a line descends from the upper note and at (e) ascends from the lower note.

For more information on the quadrille, see the sturdy seeming Wikipedia article: link.