Although usually written for keyboard, their name can also refer to a fanfare such as one for brass and percussion that opens Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.
One of these pieces is dedicated to the memory of Joseph de Marliave, and is the last piece in a suite written in honor of friends who died in World War I. Another piece in this genre opens with a trill on A followed by a descent in sixty-fourth notes to C-sharp, which then resolves back up to D. Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin closes with one of these pieces, and Girolamo Frescobaldi wrote (*) two books that paired partitas with them. Although usually written for keyboard, their name can also refer to a fanfare such as one for brass and percussion that opens Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Their name comes from the Italian for "to touch." For 10 points, name this genre of virtuosic music which includes a spooky one for organ in D minor that J.S. Bach paired with a fugue.
One of these pieces is dedicated to the memory of Joseph de Marliave, and is the last piece in a suite written in honor of friends who died in World War I. Another piece in this genre opens with a trill on A followed by a descent in sixty-fourth notes to C-sharp, which then resolves back up to D. Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin closes with one of these pieces, and Girolamo Frescobaldi wrote (*) two books that paired partitas with them.
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