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See also:CHACONNE (Span. chacona) , a slow See also:dance, introduced into See also:Spain by the See also:Moors, now obsolete . It resembles the See also:Passacaglia . The word is used also of the See also:music composed for this danceāa slow stately See also:movement in See also:time . Such a movement was often introduced into a See also:sonata, and formed the conventional See also:finale to an See also:opera or See also:ballet until the time of See also:Gluck . |
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