Definitions for passacaglia

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passacaglia pas·sa·ca·glia

Spelling: [pah-suh-kahl-yuh, pas-uh- Passacaglia is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in passacaglia (aaaacgilpss).

Definitions for passacaglia

noun

1. a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
2. the music for this dance, based on an ostinato figure.
3. a musical form based on continuous variations over a ground bass.

Origin of passacaglia

1650-60; pseudo-Italian spelling of earlier passacalle Spanish pasacalle literally, step (i.e., dance) in the street (pasa 3rd singular present of pasar to step, pace

Examples for passacaglia

Besides these there are the three great independent toccatas and the passacaglia.

Dance-measures, the passacaglia, even the jig, are not excluded; and a chorale has its counterpoint in a siciliano.

These sonatas and the passacaglia were written for his young son, W. Friedemann, to practise on the pedal clavichord.