Chaconne etc. - dances in baroque music

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Ciel_Rouge

January 28, 2009, 05:47:11 PM
I noticed a lot of baroque pieces are named after various dances. Are those dances reconstructed somewhere? Do we still know what kind of movement they involved? Also, what are your favourites in this regard? Any less known composers of such pieces that you are fond of?

Coopmv

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January 31, 2009, 08:06:36 PM Last Edit: February 01, 2009, 05:50:18 AM by Coopmv
Quote from: Ciel_Rouge on January 28, 2009, 05:47:11 PM
I noticed a lot of baroque pieces are named after various dances. Are those dances reconstructed somewhere? Do we still know what kind of movement they involved? Also, what are your favourites in this regard? Any less known composers of such pieces that you are fond of?

Passacaglia and chaccone were both musical forms from the baroque era.  JS Bach, GF Handel and a number of their contemporaries named their works as such.  JS Bach had a few organ pieces named Passacaglia while GF Handel had a few harpsichord pieces named Chaconne.  I am not sure if Handel or Bach had intended their pieces to be dance music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passacaglia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaconne

Coopmv

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February 01, 2009, 11:56:36 AM Last Edit: February 01, 2009, 12:00:28 PM by Coopmv

op.110

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February 03, 2009, 05:29:28 PM
I heard somewhere that the Catholic Church banned the Chaconne style of dancing during Bach's time because it was considered to be too seductive for the public (has anyone heard this?). I'm not all that surprised if they did, considering they banned everything and anything that was considered to be a threat to their ability to control the general populace.

Coopmv

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February 03, 2009, 05:34:35 PM
Quote from: op.110 on February 03, 2009, 05:29:28 PM
I heard somewhere that the Catholic Church banned the Chaconne style of dancing during Bach's time because it was considered to be too seductive for the public (has anyone heard this?). I'm not all that surprised if they did, considering they banned everything and anything that was considered to be a threat to their ability to control the general populace.

It did not matter since Bach was a Lutheran, as was Handel.  Perhaps that was the reason I have not noticed any works by Vivaldi, Scarlatti or Corelli bearing this name since they were all Catholic ...
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