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