Galant Schemata

Quiescenza

Quiescenza

Examples

The Quiescenza at the start of the second section of a movement in binary form. This schema is repeated in the score and features a pedal point on ➀. The third event includes the unstable sonority ♮7/2.

J. C. Bach, Opus 5, no. 1, mvt. 2, Tempo di Minuetto, m. 30 (London, 1766)
J. C. Bach, Opus 5, no. 1, mvt. 2, Tempo di Minuetto, m. 30 (London, 1766)

The Quiescenza at the end of a section. The arpeggi reiterate ➀.

J. C. Bach, Opus 5, no. 2, mvt. 1, Allegro di molto, m. 16 (London, 1766)
J. C. Bach, Opus 5, no. 2, mvt. 1, Allegro di molto, m. 16 (London, 1766)