ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASSACAGLIA
Earlier passacalle, from Spanish pasacalle street dance, from paso step + calle street; the ending -alle was changed to -aglia to suggest an Italian origin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSACAGLIA»
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Anthology of Musical Forms -- Structure & Style: The Study ...
Stein, Leon. The passacaglia The passacaglia and chaconne are two closely -
related Baroque variation forms, both deriving from the basso ostinato. Because
the titles have sometimes been used interchangeably by composers, some ...
Another type of variation is the passacaglia, which also has a repeated bass line.
It is derived from an old Spanish dance in triple meter. In most instances
composers have made little distinction between the ostinato and the passacaglia
and ...
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Passacaglia for orchestra, op. 1
Webern's Passacaglia, a musical form based on a slow and stately Italian dance, demonstrates the influence of Schoenberg as well as Webern's own mastery. This fine new edition is reproduced from an authoritative score.
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
( 1 ) Literally, music for walking in the streets. See Passacaglia. (2) In Andean
South America, any of various kinds of dance music. Paseo [Sp.]. * Pasacalle (1).
Juan Cabanilles (1644- 1712) employed the term for keyboard variations (HAM.
no.
Chapter four The variation principle in J. S. Bach's Passacaglia in C minor BWV
582 YOSHITAKE KOBAYASHI Recognizing the construction of a musical
composition is an essential prerequisite of a better understanding of the work.
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The Keyboard in Baroque Europe
On. Fresco. baldi's. recreation. of. the. chaconne. and. the. passacaglia.
Alexander Silbiger Frescobaldi and Monteverdi, the two great musicians of the
early seicento, are not often mentioned in the same breath. Both are pre-eminent
in their ...
Christopher Hogwood, 2003
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Toccatas, fantasias,
passacaglia, and other works for organ: ...
Over 20 best-loved Works including Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565;
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582, many more. Bach- Gesellschaft
edition. 176pp. 9 х 12. 25403-8 Bach, `Iohann Sebastian, TWO- AND THREE-
PART ...
PSaint-Saëns: for pno.4h, in B=, op.86 (1887). Passacaglia [dance of It or Sp orig;
word perhaps from Sp “pasar calle”, to walk the street; similar to *Chaconne; Fr *
Passacaille; word has come to describe an instrumental pce based on a ground ...
François Verschaeve, 2007
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Bach: Essays on His Life and Music
The. Architecture. of. the. Passacaglia. THAT ARCHITECTURE represents music
turned to stone is a simile prompted in particular by the comparison of Baroque
edifices and works of music from the same period. From a historical point of view,
...
instance: The stirring passacaglia between the fourth and fifth scenes was
replaced by a moderated version played by the organ'. In fact, the music which
appears in the 19.32 piano-vocal score (Sikorski Ed. 2313) and in the 1935 piano
-vocal ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSACAGLIA»
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passacaglia is used in the context of the following news items.
Australian World Orchestra's Berlin Trio review: Homecoming a …
The trio concluded with a spirited free reading of John Halvorsen's Passacaglia in G minor on a Theme of Handel. It was a concert of high ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich …
... Andris Nelsons has chosen the composer's monumental Tenth Symphony, prefaced with the startling “Passacaglia” from Lady Macbeth of the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
First Coast Happenings
Features Haiduk Dance, Passacaglia for solo cello, Elegie, The Moon Goddess, a Study on a Chorale and more. Program followed by a ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
National Youth Orchestra of the USA, Carnegie Hall, New York …
His brand-new passacaglia, subtitled The Secret of Wind and Birds, dabbles busily for something like 10 minutes in such disparities as bird ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Tribute to Thailand's piano teachers
... warned that "it is not an easy piece to play", Dolpiti Kongvivatanakul unfolded the complexity of his Passacaglia with a meticulous rendition. «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
theartsdesk at the East Neuk Festival: Church strings, garden horns
... but nothing as compared to the showstopper at the official end of the duo recital, Johan Halvorsen's crazy tour around Handel's Passacaglia ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16
Here Charles Dutoit leads the musicians in Berlioz's “Symphonie Fantastique,” Tan Dun's “Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds” and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
TMCO: From Strangers to Colleagues
It is a matter of taste, but I felt that sometimes the breaks between variations were longer than ideal, but by the time of the passacaglia that ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jul 15»
Bravo! Vail Musically Speaking column: Only in Vail
... gifts of Stephen Sondheim in my arrangement from Sweeney Todd, Johanna and the similarly arresting passacaglia and improvisation based ... «Vail Daily News, Jul 15»
The Rape of Lucretia @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
... passages as the prelude to the rape as fraught with anxiety as to bring out a sweat, and the anguished passacaglia ideally taut and fervent. «musicOMH.com, Jul 15»
