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An 8-movement piece titled for this genre consists of four movements each accompanied by a variational “double,” the last of which is marked “Tempo di Borea.” Hans-Peter Schmitz ascribed the name of this genre to an A minor work for flute that ends with a “Bourrée angloise.” Six keyboard works titled for this genre comprise the Clavier-Übung I. The final movement of a piece in this genre consists of 64 variations on a four-bar theme and was lauded as “the greatest structure for solo violin” by Yehudi Menuhin. (-5[1])That movement from a set of works in this genre that inspired a Caroline Shaw (-5[1])piece “for 8 voices” is an oft-excerpted violin chaconne. (10[1])For 10 points, name this genre of dance suite that J. S. Bach paired with sonatas. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: partita [accept keyboard partita or Partita for solo violin or Partita for 8 Voices; prompt on suite until read by asking “what genre is the collection titled for?”]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01650%17%121.67
Midwest2025-02-015100%0%105.60
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