Variations on a 'Ground'

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Date
1959
Summary
Discusses the type of variation form known as passacaglia in ·which the theme is a short pattern in the bass. Repeating this theme over and over again, more or less exactly, provides a ground for the variations above it. Illustrates with Purcell's Lament of Dido and Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor, both played in full.
Contributors
Michigan State University Television; Professor Gomer Ll. Jones; Lee Frischknecht; Dr. Don Pash
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genres
Educational; Music
Subject
Music--Study and teaching
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Other Identifiers
Other: GR00465655; MDPI Barcode: 40000003095074

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