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passacaglia
noun passacaglias
- 1. A slow stately old Spanish dance in triple time.
2. The music for this dance introduced into keyboard music in the 17c, and based on a set of uninterrupted variations on a continuously repeated bass line or harmonic progression. See also chaconne.
