passacaglia

/pah-suh-kahl-yuh, pas-uh-kal-/US // ˌpɑ səˈkɑl yə, ˌpæs əˈkæl- //UK // (ˌpæsəˈkɑːljə) //

通行证,通心粉,通票,通心莲

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- : the music for this dance, based on an ostinato figure.
- : a musical form based on continuous variations over a ground bass.

Besides these there are the three great independent toccatas and the Passacaglia.
Dance-measures, the passacaglia, even the jig, are not excluded; and a chorale has its counterpoint in a siciliano.
These sonatas and the passacaglia were written for his young son, W. Friedemann, to practise on the pedal clavichord.