The Ciaconna, commonly known as "the Chaconne," is composed in D minor and is set in simple triple meter. It contains the common and well known baseline, D D C♯ D B♭ G A D, and the subject, known as the romanesca, D C B♭ A, a baseline descending from tonic to dominant within four bars. The Chaconne contains three repetitions of the four-bar theme and a total of sixty-one four-bar variations, thirty after each of the first two themes and the remaining one after the third as a final cadence. Bach employs several different variational techniques in the Chaconne, several of them resulting in implied counterpoint of four or more voices, remarkable for a composition for a solo instrument. Busoni was a fervent admirer of Bach, and he transcribed many of his works for piano solo.Beatrice Berrut
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita in d minor, BWM 1004 Play
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The Ciaconna, commonly known as "the Chaconne," is composed in D minor and is set in simple triple meter. It contains the common and well known baseline, D D C♯ D B♭ G A D, and the subject, known as the romanesca, D C B♭ A, a baseline descending from tonic to dominant within four bars. The Chaconne contains three repetitions of the four-bar theme and a total of sixty-one four-bar variations, thirty after each of the first two themes and the remaining one after the third as a final cadence. Bach employs several different variational techniques in the Chaconne, several of them resulting in implied counterpoint of four or more voices, remarkable for a composition for a solo instrument. Busoni was a fervent admirer of Bach, and he transcribed many of his works for piano solo. Beatrice Berrut
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