Level Four Repertory:

Menuet in G Major

Composer: J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Historical style: Baroque Period (Era)

From the Notebook for Anna Magdelena Bach, 1722

Musical terms used in this piece:

Menuet
Allegretto
p  (piano)
mp   (mezzo piano)
mf  (mezzo forte)
f   (forte)
staccato
cresc.
crescendo 'hairpin'
decrescendo 'hairpin'
slur

Also see:

Baroque Period
Baroque Style
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

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Menuet

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