Derek Lim wrote:

>Hi everybody, Just a quick question: Is the last movement of Brahms'
>Fourth Symphony a Chaconne or a Passacaglia? A friend of mine insists
>it is a Passacaglia, but I think it is a Chaconne.

Its a Passacaglia, although I would like to know the difference.  I was
told that a chaconne had an unwavering ground bass whereas in a passacaglia
it is more free to move about (or stop temporarily) and sit in different
instruments or in the case of B4, introduced in chords.

David Stewart
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