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	Passacaglia
		Passacaglia and chaconne are examples of continuous variation.
		You may recall listening to this fugue in the fifth week (hint: it is a permutation fugue famous for its TWO countersubjects).
		In addition to the ground, there are broad stylistic traits that characterize both passacaglia and chaconne.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~tas3/mus303/passacaglia.html (424 words)

	Passacaglia Scrapbook
		Pictured with Passacaglia is engineer Simon Weir, and producer Lindsay Kemp:
		Flushed with excitement at Passacaglia's first appearance on Radio 3's In Tune programme, Robin and Annabel set about creating a piece of music to celebrate the event.
		For anyone interested, it was done in MOTU's Digital Performer, using two software TB303s, samples from Roland TR808 and 909 drum machines, a recording of a Breton marching band and Native Instruments' Absynth.
	www.passacaglia.com /passacaglia_pages/scrapbook.html (112 words)

	Bach on the pedal-harpsichord: Passacaglia, Fantasies & Fugues by Nicholas Danby at jsbach.org
		Bach on the pedal-harpsichord: Passacaglia, Fantasies & Fugues by Nicholas Danby at jsbach.org
		Passacaglia & Fugue in c minor BWV 582
		I particularly single out the Passacaglia 582 which is the most clearly articulated performance I have heard, enjoyable as a performance, and definitely the choice for study.
	www.jsbach.org /danbybachonthepedalharpsichordpassacagliafantasiesfugues.html (130 words)

	Passacaglia - LoveToKnow 1911
		PASSACAGLIA, 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.
		Brahms's Symphony in E Minor, No. 4, ends with an elaborate passacaglia.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Passacaglia (77 words)

	J. S. Bach Passacaglia in C-Minor: Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This passacaglia was analyzed by Thomas E. Parsons as a semester project for Mus 603 "Stylistic Analysis" with Dr. Timothy Smith in the fall of 1997.
		The passacaglia form, which evolved under the pens of Buxtehude and Pachelbel as a keyboard genre during the early baroque, had already peaked before Bach wrote this sole contribution to that keyboard genre.
		For his Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, Bach used a four-measure theme from a passacaglia by the French organist André Raison, to which he added a second four measures to make the ground a completed two-phrase period (unlike earlier passacaglias, whose ground usually consisted of four measures moving from tonic to dominant).
	www2.nau.edu /~tas3/tomparsanalysis.html (905 words)

	Passacaglia - WikiRadish
		The passacaglia is very closely related to the chaconne, except that in the chaconne, the repeating melody is always in the bass (that is, it is a ground bass).
		Today, the term passacaglia is often used to denote a piece (not even necessarily in 3/4 time) which has a fixed bass line (ground bass) or chord progression (sometimes both) that is repeated consecutively throughout most or all of the piece.
		Halvorsen also composed a passacaglia that is based on a Handel theme and written for a duet of violin and viola, considered among the most popular pieces for both instruments due to its simplicity and depth.
	www.wikiradish.com /~wikiradi/index.php?title=Passacaglia (690 words)

	Passacaglia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The passacaglia is very closely related to the chaconne, except that the chaconne more often than not is in major, while the passacaglias are usually in minor (there are numerous exceptions).
		A 19th century example is the c-minor Passacaglia by Felix Mendelssohn, or the finale of Josef Rheinberger's 8th organ sonata.
		The Norwegian Johan Halvorsen also composed a passacaglia that is based on a Handel theme and written for a duet of violin and viola, considered among the most popular pieces for both instruments due to its simplicity and depth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passacaglia (901 words)

	Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music \| Vol. 2 No. 1 \| Silbiger: Passacaglia and Ciaccona: Genre Pairing and Ambiguity ...
		Compounding the problem for the case of the passacaglia and the ciaccona was the fact that Bach stood near the end of a long tradition and perhaps closer to a tributary than to the mainstream of that tradition.
		The bass line of this passacaglia certainly hints at a recurring bass pattern of a descending tetrachord E to B, but the pattern is not foregrounded, as is the ostinato phrase of Bach's organ passacaglia, which is formally introduced as a pedal solo and later made into the subject of a grand closing fugue.
		That Frescobaldi regarded the association of the passacaglia with minor and the association of the ciaccona with major as the norm is evident from the way each begins and ends in their appearances in the 1627 and 1630 publications, as well as from their initial appearances in the Cento Partite.
	sscm-jscm.press.uiuc.edu /v2/no1/silbiger.html (5731 words)

	Sonic Glossary: Passacaglia
		A passacaglia is a set of variations that are performed simultaneously with an ostinato bass line.
		The passacaglia originated during the 17th century as a type of dance with music.
		A passacaglia is a set of variations that are performed simultaneously with an ostinato bass.
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/paul/sonic/passac.html (596 words)

	The Classical Passacaglia Information Page on Classic Cat
		The passacaglia is very closely related to the chaconne, except that the chaconne more often than not is in a major key, while the passacaglias are usually in a minor key (there are numerous exceptions).
		Perhaps the most frequently heard passacaglia, however, is the finale of Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4 (although Brahms did not call it a passacaglia, it follows the rules of one and the repeated figure is based on one found in Bach's Cantata No. 150, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich).
		The Norwegian Johan Halvorsen also composed a passacaglia that is based on a Handel theme and written for a duet of violin and viola, considered among the most popular pieces for both instruments due to its simplicity and depth.
	www.classiccat.net /genres/passacaglia.info.htm (976 words)

	classical music - andante - witold lutoslawski
		The passacaglia form, which dates back to the early 17th century, is founded upon a short melody in the bass line that is repeated as new ideas based upon that bass theme are developed above.
		In the Lutoslawski, the passacaglia theme slowly works its way, with considerable force and in a variety of brilliantly shaped variations, from the background to the foreground.
		The work's final movement - once again a passacaglia - is a great elastic sheet of sound, bent and stretched like taffy from one register to the other.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=10645 (698 words)

	chaconne and passacaglia — FactMonster.com
		Both are in triple meter time and employ a characteristic recurring harmonic pattern or actual bass line of four or eight bars.
		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.
		passacaglia - passacaglia: passacaglia: see chaconne and passacaglia.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0811200.html (119 words)

	Linn Records - Passacaglia
		Passacaglia have developed a reputation for lively, characterful presentations of baroque chamber music, combined with the highest standards of period instrument performance.
		Passacaglia has rapidly established itself as one of Britain's most outstanding baroque ensembles, with a reputation for lively, characterful presentations of baroque chamber music, combined with the highest standards of period instrument performance.
		Passacaglia made its debut at London's Wigmore Hall in 1998 and at the Purcell Room in 1999; they have also recorded for several BBC programmes and for the German radio station WDR Köln.
	www.linnrecords.com /artist-passacaglia.aspx (384 words)

	Passacaglia Homepage
		Blending the sweet, articulate sound of recorders and baroque flute with the ravishing sonorities of viola da gamba and harpsichord, Passacaglia provides new insights into familiar music, whilst rediscovering a wealth of beautiful but neglected master works.
		There's plenty to explore at passacaglia.com, including information about Passacaglia's programmes, their forthcoming concerts, as well as audio files and video clips.
		Passacaglia will be releasing a new CD of music by Louis Antoine Dornel in late 2007.
	www.passacaglia.com (195 words)

	Monthly Discussions - No. 4 - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
		The next topic scheduled for monthly discussion is the passacaglia and fugue in C minor BWV 582, one of Bach's most famous organ works.
		To get back to the Passacaglia and Fugue, I think the reason why it is so effective -- for me, at least -- is that it is another of Bach's many, many works that have an incredible sense of momentum.
		Still, there is an implied mo(angular momentum, actually, for you physics maniacs) in the music itself, and even in those ethereal moments when the theme dances up and down the manuals with the pedals 'tacet', one feels that the entire stone church itself is quietly spinning in the background.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /MD/MD-BWV582-Passacaglia.htm (2875 words)

	Passacaglia - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Passacaglia, a 17th- and 18th-century dance in triple time, at first, in Spain, lively and risqué, but later tamed to a solemn French theatrical...
		Chaconne, a dance and a musical form, both in slow triple metre.
		Webern's early works, such as the Passacaglia (1908) for...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Passacaglia.html (114 words)

	Georg Muffat's Passacaglia
		Grove’s says that the passacaglia originated in Spain in the 16th century as a kind of a “vamp” played by guitarists between songs.
		Some of the best-known examples are Bach’s Chaconne for violin solo and Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor for organ and Biber’s Passacaglia for violin solo.
		Muffat’s own nostalgic and rhythmically ingenious Passacaglia from the Fifth Suite of the collection Armonico tributo (1701) is one of the greatest 17th century orchestral pieces I know.
	www.harpsichord-sd.com /articles/muffat.html (859 words)

	Amazon.com: Bach: Toccata & Fugue; Passacaglia & Fugue; Pastorale; Prelude & Fugue: Music: Johann Sebastian Bach,E. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The works recorded here are some of the most famous of Bach's: the Passacaglia and fugue, the "Great" prelude and fugue in g, the b minor prelude and fugue, and of course the Toccata and Fugue in d minor.
		The Passacaglia is one of the most earth-shatteringly powerful works of art ever concieved - one description I like is that it's a journey "through a spectrum of tragic emotion orchestrated into a riveting narrative" (credit goes to the Bach FAQ website for that).
		His rendering of the massive "Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor" is amazing and very moving, one of the best recordings of the work to date.
	www.amazon.com /Bach-Toccata-Passacaglia-Pastorale-Prelude/dp/B0000027BF (1527 words)

	Augustus Vincent Tack - Passacaglia
		While Passacaglia is the only work devoid of overt religious content, the work’s preparatory sketch depicts the holy family in a scene from the Nativity, suggesting its Biblical origins.
		Similar to other works of the early 1920s, the composition highlights dynamism and movement, fragmentation of forms in space, and rhythmic repetitions appropriate to its theme, as Passacaglia was titled after a medieval Italian street dance that was later adapted as a movement in Baroque music.
		One of Tack’s most complex, ambitious, and fresh creations, Passacaglia dancing figures create a pulsating, swirling movement that is enhanced by the circular format.
	www.phillipscollection.org /american_art/artwork/Tack-Passacaglia.htm (317 words)

	Passacaglia - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Passacaglia, a 17th- and 18th-century dance in triple time, at first, in Spain, lively and risqué, but later tamed to a solemn French theatrical...
		Chaconne, a dance and a musical form, both in slow triple metre.
		Webern's early works, such as the Passacaglia (1908) for...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Passacaglia.html (115 words)

	Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) is the name of a piece of music by Johann Sebastian Bach for the organ.
		The opening passacaglia (a kind of ground bass) has an eight-bar bass theme, the first half of which is from an organ mass by the French composer André Raison (the Trio en Passacaille from his Premier livre d'orgue).
		An arrangement of some initial parts of this Passacaglia is present two times in the Baptism sequence of the movie The Godfather, together with other organ pieces and the ending of the Präludium BWV 532, that concludes the Baptism sequence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passacaglia_and_Fugue_in_C_Minor (353 words)

	chaconne and passacaglia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CHACONNE AND PASSACAGLIA [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.
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-chaconne.html (239 words)

	Passacaglia, Fugues & Fantasies - Bach on the Pedal-harpsichord
		Like the Fugue, the Passacaglia was a popular format during the baroque era, in which the melody is generally featured as a repeating bassline, though it can appear in any voice.
		In his Passacaglia & Fugue in c minor, Bach shows us clearly the two forms, of Passacaglia, and Fugue side by side in a piece of music which has rarely been excelled in contrapuntal and musical power.
		The Passacaglia and the Trio Sonata were intended for organ or pedal-harpsichord, as were the three fugues BWV 575, 576 and 577 which are regarded as early works dating from Bach's Arnstadt period.
	www.baroquecds.com /727Web.html (641 words)

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