ALL meanings of passacaglia
pas·sa·ca·glia
P p - noun passacaglia a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin. 1
- noun passacaglia the music for this dance, based on an ostinato figure. 1
- noun passacaglia a musical form based on continuous variations over a ground bass. 1
- noun passacaglia the music for this dance 0
- noun passacaglia a musical form based on this dance, in 3/4 time and with a continuous ground bass 0
- noun passacaglia an old Spanish dance in slow triple time 0
- noun passacaglia a slow instrumental piece characterized by a series of variations on a particular theme played over a repeated bass part 0
- noun passacaglia a slow, stately Italian, Spanish, or French dance of the 17th c., similar to the chaconne 0