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. I've always heard passacaglia. Anyway, according to New Groves and other sources, the differences between a passcaglia and a chaconne have never been definitively established. Richard, who invites you to visit his music, outdoors and other WWW sites at: http://infoweb.magi.com/~richard/