Ah yes, I love that as well, it's pretty jazzy - but I was thinking of Variation 16 in the Diabelli Variations.
Oh that... yeah, what a nightmare mvt. Wo. Boogie on meth maybe!
Any of y'all familiar with the nightmarish harpsichord music of Pancrace Royer?
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Love it! Will have to check out the Bach gigue from the E minor partita, too. One of my favourite 'surprisingly modern' moments is the 'boogie woogie' variation in Beethoven's Diabelli Variations (can't remember which variation it is, don't have a score to hand).
I think you mean Sonata #32?
]]>Yes, this Gavotte is full of rocky energy.
]]>I agree, that whether because of its chord sequence, bass accompaniment, or rhythm structure, it does sound very 20th century rock-like.
Here's an antithesis: Billy Joel composed music that sounds very 19th and 18th-century:
]]>This is an interesting piece.
I found it so............ Rock.
However, it came from the 18th Century!