PASSACAGLIA  , the name of an old See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance, supposed to be derived from pasar, to walk, and calle, See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, the tune being played by wandering musicians in the streets . It was a slow and rather See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn dance of one or two dancers . The dance tune resembled the " See also:

• CHACONNE (Span. chacona)

chaconne," and was, like it, constructed on a ground-See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass . See also:

• BRAHMS, JOHANNES (1833–1897)

Brahms's See also:

• SYMPHONY

Symphony in E See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, No . 4, ends with an elaborate passacaglia .