chaconne

/sha-kawn, -kon, shah-; French sha-kawn/US // ʃæˈkɔn, -ˈkɒn, ʃɑ-; French ʃaˈkɔn //UK // (ʃəˈkɒn, French ʃakɔn) //

恰肯尼,恰肯纳,恰肯内

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cha·connes [sha-kawnz, -konz, shah-; French sha-kawn]. /ʃæˈkɔnz, -ˈkɒnz, ʃɑ-; French ʃaˈkɔn/.
- : an ancient dance, probably of Spanish origin, in moderate triple meter.
- : a musical form based on the continuous variation of a series of chords or of a ground bass.

It is almost a sacrilege to hear a little girl venturing to approach the Chaconne.
"Write me the music of a chaconne, Monsieur Gluek," said the god of dancing.
He has given the greatest performance of the celebrated Bach chaconne ever heard in America.
Do you think the Greeks, whose manners we are endeavoring to depict, knew what a chaconne was?
It is quite remarkable that some pages of this work, such as the superb chaconne at the end, have a character quite Handelian.