Suite vs. Partita — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Suite and Partita
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Suite
A set of rooms designated for one person's or family's use or for a particular purpose
A suite of reception rooms
Partita
Partita (also partie, partia, parthia, or parthie) was originally the name for a single-instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau (Thomaskantor until 1722), his student Christoph Graupner, and Johann Sebastian Bach used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two sets of partitas for different instruments.
Suite
A set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession.
Partita
An instrumental piece composed of a series of variations, as a suite.
Suite
A group of people in attendance on a monarch or other person of high rank
The Royal Saloon was built for the use of the Queen and her suite
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Partita
One of the variations contained in such a piece.
Suite
A set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data.
Partita
(music) A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
Suite
A group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period
Potassic rock suites are a characteristic feature of the area
Partita
A suite; a set of variations.
Suite
A staff of attendants or followers; a retinue.
Suite
A group of related things intended to be used together; a set.
Suite
(also st) A set of matching furniture
A dining room suite.
Suite
A series of connected rooms, as in a hotel or office building, used as a single unit.
Suite
An instrumental composition, especially of the 1600s or 1700s, consisting of a succession of dances in the same or related keys.
Suite
An instrumental composition consisting of a series of varying movements or pieces.
Suite
A group of software products packaged and sold together, usually having a consistent look and feel, a common installation, and shared macros.
Suite
A group of procedures that work cooperatively
The TCP/IP suite of protocols includes FTP and Telnet.
Suite
A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
Suite
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
A suite of rooms
A suite of minerals
Suite
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.
Suite
(music) A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
Suite
(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
Suite
(computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Suite
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
Suite
A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
Suite
Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
Suite
The group following and attending to some important person
Suite
A matching set of furniture
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