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Re: Chaconne Pieces
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Marcus Maroney <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 07:21:16 -0400
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Jonathan Ellis wrote:

>I wonder whether we could class the "Dirge" from Britten's Serenade for
>Tenor, Horn, and Strings a Chaconne? And when is somebody going to mention
>the most sublime chaconne ever written: "When I am laid to earth," from
>"Dido and Aeneas"?

Doesn't a Chaconne imply triple meter? The Dirge from the Serenade includes
an ostinato vocal part over a fugue in 4/4 time.  The Purcell could be
counted as a chaconne of course.

Marcus Maroney

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