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| passacaglia [ pássə klyə ] (plural passacaglias) |
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baroque music form: a baroque musical composition in slow triple time over a repeated bass line
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| [Mid-17th century. Via Italian< Spanish pasacalle< pasar 'to pass' + calle 'street'; because often played in the streets] |
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