1. The Keyboard Suites of Handel and Bach
... , using a violin as his influence is much more plausible. Again, at m. 20, the soprano voice engages in increasing downward leaps from the stationary top F. This may as well been taken straight from an Italian violin concerto. We see a similar motive using eight notes yet again in the bass of the second menuett (m. 25). Conversely, Handel's suite is very much influenced by vocal music. ... His prelude movement is very much the representative of the soprano aria. The topmost voice has sweeping passages ... up and down throughout, with the arpeggiatted chords below acting ... ...
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