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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

chaconne and passacaglia , two closely related musical forms popular during the baroque period. Both are in triple meter time and employ a characteristic recurring harmonic pattern or actual bass line of four or eight bars. J. S. Bach's Chaconne from the D Minor Violin Suite and his Passacaglia in C Minor for organ are the most famous examples of these forms. ... Read more

chaconne
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

chaconne (Fr.; Eng. chacony , It. ciaccona , Sp. chacona ; from Basque chocuna pretty). A musical form almost indistinguishable from passacaglia . Both were orig. dances of 3-in-a-measure rhythm, and the mus. of both was erected on a ground bass . In some specimens this bass theme passes into an ...

chaconne
The Oxford American College Dictionary

cha·conne / sh äˈkôn; -ˈkän; -ˈkən / • n. Music a composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time, typically over a short repeated bass theme. Compare with passacaglia . ∎ a stately dance ...

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	CLASSICAL: The meaning of life in 80 minutes Ronald Stevenson's Passacaglia on DSCH is the longest single- movement work ever composed, a piece he calls a map of life, with one minute for every year. On the eve of a rare performance, Martin Anderson examines this modern classic Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/16/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the sixth pianist in 40 years to tackle the epic Passacaglia on DSCH by the doyen of Scottish composers, Ronald...greatest pianists. At 80 minutes in duration, the Passacaglia is not only the longest piece of music in the piano...pieces of musical architecture ever conceived. Passacaglia is one of the ... Read more
	RECITALS Magazine article from: The American Organist; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...356. Near, Suite for Organ: Chaconne; Sarabande {Land of Rest...Carr, Flute Voluntary. Bach, Passacaglia in c, BWV 582. Dinda, Suite...Praise; Faith and Aspiration (Chaconne); Amen-Close of Worship. Buxtehude...Hindemith, Sonata No. 2. Bach, Passacaglia in c, BWV 582. Dupr, Prelude... Read more
	ORGAN FIREWORKS XII Magazine article from: Fanfare; 7/1/2008; ; 381 words ; ...HYPERION 67612 (76:47) BUXTEHUDE Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137. Prelude and Fugue in g, BuxWV 148. EBEN...BRAHMS (arr. Lemare) Academic Festival Overture. KARG-ELERT Passacaglia and Fugue on B-A-C-H Tired of the "war-horse" mentality...delightful take-off on the ubiquitous Prelude, Fugue, and ... Read more
	Culture: Ambition pays off after a challenge; University Philharmonic Orchestra Adrian Boult Hall.(Features) Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/8/2003; 289 words ; ...the orchestra, challenged every player. Webern's youthful Passacaglia (1908) cracked off with exposed pizzicatos, untidy and nervy...correct number of players for this complicated score. Purcell's Chaconne was uncomfortably hurried with secondary passages frequently... Read more
	Risto Lauriala at the Wigmore Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 4/1/1998; ; 205 words ; ...How simple it all seemed. Busoni's transcription of Bach's Chaconne from the Fifth Partita for Solo Violin, was interesting for...thoroughly displayed in D'Albert's superb transcription of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BW 582. Busoni made another appearance... Read more
	DECKER PLAYS DECKER (Vol. 2): Desert Wildflowers Magazine article from: The American Organist; 11/1/2007; ; 297 words ; ...follows: Flores del Desierto: Albarda, Espuelita, Saiya; Kairos; Passacaglia on B-A-C-H; Fantasy on the Name of Marilyn Keiser, and Rio...inversion, embellished, delicate, rich, full-bodied, melodic, chaconne, chorale prelude, serpentine, chromatic, richness, showy... Read more
	Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 8/5/2006; 127 words ; ...introspective sides of his energetic nature reveal themselves, as well as plenty of ingenuity. Try the passacaglia in the G minor Concerto RV 157, or the chaconne in RV 114 for real imagination. Or the almost Handelian aria in RV 152, which are a few of... Read more
	`Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music,' Billboard Books.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/15/2000; ; 661 words ; ...Books, $45) isn't the dusty, plain-jane reference that confounded you in music appreciation class. ( Is it a passacaglia or a chaconne? ) Unlike, say, Westrup and Harrison's exhaustive and alphabetical 1959 New College Encyclopedia of Music... Read more
	CLASSICAL MUSIC Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/28/2000; 700+ words ; ...Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor ("The Great"), BWV 542, and Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582, both for organ; the Prelude...Diane Lewis Heath brought dignity and intensity to the Passacaglia and Fugue. Hurd gave solidity to the Fantasia and Fugue...technical monument in the heart of the program, Bach's ... Read more
	DISCS ETC: MUSIC CDS - CLASSICAL HHHII The Dowland Project Care- charming sleep: John Potter ECM NEW SERIES Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 11/16/2003; ; 180 words ; ...what sounds more like an Olympic swimming pool than a sympathetic acoustic for a recording. Stubbs's improvised chaconne and passacaglia offer the sweetest moments here, closely followed by Homburger's exquisitely decorated da Rore. But both they... Read more