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From Rameau: Suite in A min: Prelude (A min), Allemande 1 (A min), Allemande 2 (A min), Gigue (A min), Sarabande 1 (A min), Sarabande 2 (A maj), Venitienne (A maj), Gavotte (A min), Menuet (A min). Suite in E min: Allemande, courante, gigue en rondeau (E min), gigue in roundeau 2 (E maj); a bunch of character pieces and dance movements follow (in E min or E maj); finale is a character piece in rondo form (E min). Suite in D min: All of the movements are character pieces, mixing D min and D maj. Finale is a very short movement in 6/8, a bit gigue-like, in D min. Suite in A min: Allemande, courante (both in A min), Sarabande (A maj), bunch of character pieces in either A min or A maj. Finale is a gavotte with 6 doubles (variations) in A min. Suite in G maj: Character pieces, except for a menuet 1 and 2. Almost every movement is in G min. Finale is a character piece in binary form, in G min. Couperin is also very fancy with his "ordres". I expect Bach or Handel are more orthodox with their suites and partitas for the keyboard, and conform more to the stereotyped prelude - allemande - courante - sarabande - galanteries - gigue. Perhaps this is a case of "do whatever you feel it is all right", after all...