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Webster 1913 Edition
Passacaglio
{ ‖
Pasˊsa-ca-glia
, ‖Pasˊsa-ca-glio
, }Noun.
[Sp.
pasacalle
a certain tune on the guitar, prop., a tune played in passing through the streets.] (Mus.)
An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.