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Definition of Chaconne

Chaconne
Chaconne Cha*conne", n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

Meaning of Chaconne from wikipedia

- A chaconne (/ʃəˈkɒn/ shə-KON, French: [ʃakɔn]; Spanish: chacona [tʃaˈkona]; Italian: ciaccona [tʃakˈkoːna]; earlier English: chacony) is a type of musical...
- Yehudi Menuhin called the Chaconne "the greatest structure for solo violin that exists". Violinist Joshua Bell has said the Chaconne is "not just one of the...
- The Chaconne in G minor is a Baroque composition for violin and continuo, traditionally attributed to the Italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali. A Dresden...
- Carl Nielsen's Chaconne, Op. 32, is among the composer's most frequently pla**** compositions for piano. In a letter to his daughter Irmelin dated 19 December...
- Chaconne in F minor (PWC 43, T. 206, PC 149, POP 16) is an organ chaconne by Johann Pachelbel. One of the six surviving chaconnes by the composer, it...
- Chaconne is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to ballet music from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna...
- the chaconne, was also first developed by Frescobaldi. The two genres are closely related, and since "composers often used the terms chaconne and p****acaglia...
- of 18th-century chaconnes. Included are all pieces of 18th-century music, or clearly marked off sections of pieces, labeled "chaconne" (or some variant...
- of chaconnes composed in the 17th century. Included are all pieces of 17th-century music, or clearly marked off sections of pieces, labeled "chaconne" (or...
- notably Buxtehude's two chaconnes (BuxWV 159 and 160) and a p****acaglia (BuxWV 161), and there is clear influence of Pachelbel's chaconnes in several variations...