@Tryagain,
LULLY: [ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli] - Chief Master of the French Baroque style!
The minuet was usually in binary form, with two sections of usually eight bars each, but the second section eventually expanded, resulting in a kind of ternary form. On a larger scale, two such minuets were often combined, so that the first minuet was followed by a second one, and finally by a repetition of the first. The second (or middle) minuet usually provided some form of contrast, by means of different key and orchestration
Around Lully's time, it became a common practice to score this section for a trio (such as two oboes and a bassoon!)
Occasionally, the B section will end with a "return" of the opening material from the A section. This is referred to as rounded binary, and is labeled as ABA′. In rounded binary, the beginning of the B section is sometimes referred to as the "bridge", and will usually conclude with a half cadence in the original key. Rounded binary is not to be confused with ternary form, also labeled ABA—the difference being that, in ternary form, the B section contrasts completely with the A material as in, for example, a minuet and trio. Another important difference between the rounded and ternary form is that in rounded binary, when the "A" section returns, it will typically contain only half of the full "A" period, whereas ternary form will end with the full "A" section
NOTED!
Minuet form
Simple
Slow Movement
Australian Correspondent Pirate Dan, after a simple slow minuet to Moonlight Sonata late into the night, sent a text to his wife saying:
"A
|: B A or A' I(->V)
|: V() I = Gone Chopin, (have Liszt), Bach in a Minuet”
