Strings — Practical study pieces
Baroque · 1700

La Folia (Op. 5 No. 12)

A. CorelliOp. 5 No. 12

Key
Dm
Time
3/4
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Variations on the Iberian La Folia chord progression. 23 variations for violin + continuo.

Teaching points

  • Iberian Folia ground
  • 23 variations
  • AO3: pre-existing harmonic schemes as form
Full score ↓Public domain

1700 + later urtext, PD.

Topic T11Topic T9