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passacaglia
noun
(pas-sa-ca-glia)
an old Italian or Spanish dance tune
passacaglia
noun
(pas-sa-ca-glia)
an instrumental musical composition consisting of variations usually on a ground bass in moderately slow triple time
passacaglia
noun
(pas-sa-ca-glia)
an old dance performed to a passacaglia
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