partita
(par-TEE-tah)


[It.]

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1. A 16th and 17th century variation.
2. During the 17th and 18th century, this term came to be used by Baroque composers to denote a suite.
3. In the 18th and 19th century the term refers to a multi-movement composition consisting of dances and non-dance movements or entirely of non-dance movements.

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