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If a stereotypically "classic" chaconne may be described, it is usually (but not always) in major key, in 's G Minor Clavier Suite ).-->

If we accept the distinction of a chaconne as variations on a harmonic progression, often this harmonic progression may involve a recurrent bass line ( to the Dominant pitch of the Scale , or the harmony may emphasize the Circle Of Fifths or a derivative pattern thereof.

One of the best known and most masterful and expressive examples of the chaconne is the final movement from the Violin Partita In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach . This 13-minute chaconne takes a plaintive four- Bar phrase through a continuous Kaleidoscope of musical expression, in both major and minor Modes .

After the Baroque period, the chaconne fell into decline, though the ''32 Variations in C minor'' by Ludwig Van Beethoven belong to the form.


EXAMPLES OF CHACONNES

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  • Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, finale

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  • Philip Glass : Symphony No. 3, third, slow movement (1995)

  • in G Minor for Clavier

  • (technically a passacaglia)Udell, Budd (1982). "Standard Works for Band: Gustav Holst's First Suite in E♭ Major for Military Band." ''Music Educators Journal'', 69 (4):28 (JSTOR subscription access)

  • Jean-Baptiste Lully : Chaconne from Phaëton (1683)

  • (see that article for more examples using the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon)

  • Henry Purcell : Chacony for strings and continuo in G minor Z.730 (1680)

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  • K. Okada/ J. Karashima/ T. Ohsono: ''Chaconne in C minor'' from the soundtrack of for Organ )



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