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Passacaglia
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the name of an old Spanish dance, supposed to be derived from pasar, to walk, and calle, street, the tune being played by wandering musicians in the streets. It was a slow and rather solemn dance of one or two dancers. The dance tune resembled the "chaconne," and was, like it, constructed on a ground-bass. Brahms's Symphony in E Minor, No. 4, ends with an elaborate passacaglia.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Passacaglia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/passacaglia.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Passacaglia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/passacaglia.html. 1910.
