chaconne


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaconne /ʃəˈkɒn/
noun Music
  • 1 a composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time.
  • 2 a stately dance performed to a chaconne.
– origin C17: from Fr., from Sp. chacona.
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