Aaron J. Rabushka wrote:
>Don't forget that the ostinato in Bach's passacaglia doesn't always stay in
>the bass.
Exactly my point. I don't believe I mentioned it in my earlier postings but
he most certainly uses the the ostinato in other registers. This is
ABSOLUTELY consistent with the Baroque Passacaglia. As I mentioned earlier,
I have played a Passacaglia by many different Baroque composers for lute.
They often times feature the ostinato in the uppermost register. I don't
really ever recall hearing this in a ground. Chaconne's, as I said before,
are really much more different from grounds or passacaglias than the latter
two are from each other.
--Wes Crone
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