Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante

Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
II. Courante
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Adapted for Marimba and Performed by Noah Avelar
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The Partita in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004, by Johann Sebastian Bach, was written between 1717 and 1720. It is a part of his compositional cycle called Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
The work is structured around five movements. The first four containing popular dance styles of the late Baroque period, and the fifth is a movement of variations. The movements are structured as follows:
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue
V. Chaconne
The second movement, Courante, is the name given to a collection of triple meter dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era. Courante literally means "running", and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as described by Thoinot Arbeau. But the courante commonly used in the baroque period was described by Johann Mattheson in Der vollkommene Capellmeister (Hamburg, 1739) as "...chiefly characterized by the passion or mood of sweet expectation. For there is something heartfelt, something longing and also gratifying, in this melody: clearly music on which hopes are built."