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chaconne

noun

    1. a slow, solemn dance in 3/4 time, of Spanish or Moorish origin, similar to the passacaglia
    2. later, a popular social dance in France in the 17th and early 18th cent.
  1. music for this dance
  2. either of two musical forms developed from this music:
    1. a series of variations based on a short harmonic progression
    2. an expanded rondo form

See chaconne in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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