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passacaglia

pah-sah-KAHL-yee-uh

[Italian]

A continuous variation form of composition. The basis for the form is a four bar ostinato over which variations are written in the other voices. It is similar to the chaconne and is moderately slow in triple meter.


See Also

[French] passecaille (f)

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