Telemann: Four Dances from TWV55:a2
- Keep time through every tacet.
- Play each dance and return in order.
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Selection: Complete recorder parts, movements IV–VII; movements I–III omitted.
Source: Hans-Thomas Müller-Schmidt, 2013 (CC BY 3.0), checked against Darmstadt Mus.ms1034/5.
Transposition: Down a perfect fourth throughout; D4–D6.
Transposition: Original recorder pitches; G4–G6.
Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, G#4, A4, A#4, B4, C5, C#5, D5, D#5, E5, F#5, G5, G#5, A5, A#5, B5, C6, D6
Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, C#5, D5, D#5, E5, F5, F#5, G5, G#5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, D#6, E6, F6, G6
Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: E minor
Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: A minor
Fingering Review
IV. Menuets
V. Réjouissance
Time Signature: 4/4
VI. Passepieds
Time Signature: 3/8
Key: E major
Key: A major
Key: E major
Key: A major
Key: E minor
Key: A minor
VII. Polonaise
Performance Goal: Keep every return and tacet aligned with a steady pulse.