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Passacaglia
/ˌpasəˈkɑːlɪ.ə/
A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre, and use of a ground bass.
📖 Definitions of "Passacaglia"
noun
- 1
A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre, and use of a ground bass.
- 2
(by extension) Any piece of classical music with similar characteristics.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| passacaillenoun | Alternative form of passacaglia. [(music) A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple meter, and use of a ground bass.] |
| pavanenoun | (music, dance) A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter. |
| passusnoun | A section of a long narrative poem; a canto |
| polaccanoun | polonaise (dance or music) |
| paspynoun | Alternative form of passepied [A courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.] |
| polonaisenoun | The Polish language. |
| pavannenoun | Alternative form of pavane. [(music) A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.] |
| palimbacchiusnoun | (poetry) A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one. |
| passymeasurenoun | (obsolete) A dance, the passepied. |
| cadence-lypsonoun | (music) A genre of popular dance music that combines cadence rampa with calypso. |
| polonesenoun | (obsolete) A Pole. |
| pavennoun | Alternative form of pavane. [(music) A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.] |
| pantonalismnoun | (music) Pantonality. |
| poperanoun | (informal, music, uncountable) A crossover genre combining elements of pop music and classical opera. |
| pascolismnoun | A poem or other literary work in the style of Giovanni Pascoli |
| pavinnoun | Alternative form of pavane. [(music) A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.] |
| pulsenoun | (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them. |
| pantaleonnoun | A saint, a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD. |
| arpeggiandonoun | (music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp. |
| pavannoun | A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. |
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