chaconne
noun
an ancient dance, probably of Spanish origin, in moderate triple meter.
chaconnes
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pluralof chaconne.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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More numerous than the budding sonata forms you might look for in nascent symphonic works were backward-looking pieces built on ground basses: chaconnes and a passacaglia.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2013
Too many of the pieces are ground basses and chaconnes, but Pluhar's arrangements are stylishly varied.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2010
At the same time he made sarabandes, gavottes, minuets, chaconnes, passepieds, gigues, polonaises and rondos dance across the piano in quick succession; and his comments were as spirited as his playing.
From Edward MacDowell by Gilman, Lawrence
He, the troubled, nervous, modern man, wrote with fluency fugues and double fugues, chaconnes and passacaglie, concerti grossi and variations.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
Claude Le Jeune wrote motets; the eighteenth-century masters wrote gavottes and rigadoons, forlanas and chaconnes, expressed themselves in courtly dances and other set and severe forms.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
