In their book, Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach, Meredith Little and Natalie Jenne discuss three different types of gigues. Our Gigue for today, the E-flat major from Suite No. 4, falls under the “Italian Giga type 1” category. Johann Mattheson writes that Gigues were written for fiddling, not for dancing. More on all of this in today’s masterclass!