• repeating pattern of the canon in the lower two voices." Ground bass or basso ostinato (obstinate bass) is a type of variation form in which a bass line, or...
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    French practice, the passacaglia leans more strongly to the melodic basso ostinato, while the chaconne, "in a reversal of the [seventeenth-century] Italian...
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    The piece begins in A minor and clearly uses the cadence pattern as a basso ostinato, resulting in Amin – Emin – Fmaj – E7. This work was first published...
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    "lugubrious interlude" in C♯ minor, "with the dominant pedal never ceasing, a basso ostinato". The repeating A♭/G♯, which has been heard throughout the first section...
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    basso ostinato. Maruyama referred to this musicological concept to capture a socio-historically substratum underlying human thought. Although basso ostinato...
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  • and Chaconne, was that of the ground bass—a repeating bass theme or basso ostinato over and around which the rest of the structure unfolds, often, but...
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    from the South China Sea, for trumpet (1985) Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941) Due capricci (1947) Invention (1948) Musica ricercata (1951–53)...
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  • Fourier Veloce" (English: "Fast Fourier Transform") 1:09 2. "II. Fette di Basso Ostinato" (English: "Slices of Bass Rhythm") 1:26 3. "III. Decomposizione di...
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    (Falke) Ten organ pieces, Op. 69 (1903) Prelude, E minor Fugue, E minor Basso ostinato, E minor Moment musical, D major Capriccio, D minor Toccata, D major...
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  • 2018), 166-73. ISBN 9780307961730 "... Cultural Sinocentrism was the basso ostinato of East Asia for more than a millennium: the classical Chinese language...
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    originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue, known as Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo. Both movements are in...
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    first section is built on a basso ostinato as an old-style passacaglia in 3/2 time. The lamento, a chromatic fourth ostinato, is repeated twelve times....
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  • major on a theme of W. A. Rémy" (BV 154), and dedicated his Praeludium (Basso ostinato) und Fuge (Doppelfuge zum Choral) Op. 7 (Op. 76), for organ (BV 157)...
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    B-flat Chant de Boneur (Op. 62) Chant sans paroles in D Cloches Sonores (Basso Ostinato) – symphonic sketch (Op. 63) Communion Peace (Op. 68) Concert Fantasia...
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    part of whole composition “Daphnis and Chloe” with Sandor Kalloś) “Basso ostinato” for two lutes Suite for flute and lute Suite for two theremins Cycle...
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    Bildnisse: No. 4, "Ladislaus Teleki / Teleki László" 1885 S.205 Uses basso ostinato. Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch: No. 2, Marcia funebre 1885 S.206 Uses...
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    (1974), №3 (1983), Concerto for piano №2 (1996). For dance orchestra: "Basso-ostinato" based on the Belarusian folk song "Chamu zh mnie nia piec’?" Instrumental...
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  • by Robert Bridges, is a contrapuntal composition, and features two themes, the viola and tenor melody with the bell-like basso ostinato accompaniment....
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    demonstrates another way to create the sense of improvisation by using a basso ostinato in the left hand and a rhythmically free right hand. One more example...
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    for 2 flutes and piano Jun 1880 SB151; pub. 1991 BV 157 Praeludium (Basso ostinato) und Fuge (Doppelfuge zum Choral) Op. 7 (Op. 76), for organ 23 January...
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    break: Einleitung – Mäßig schnelle Halbe Sehr lebhafte Halbe Trio, Basso ostinato – Langsame Viertel, nur sehr wenig Ausdruck. Finale – Bewegte Halbe...
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    'choral fugue' (with all mod cons: augmentation, diminutions, stretto and basso ostinato) simply thank their existence to an unfortunate coincidence: they were...
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  • a cantus firmus, singers and instrumentalists improvised melodies over ostinato chord patterns, made elaborate embellishments of melodic lines, and invented...
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  • of arias with variations. The six chaconnes, together with Buxtehude's ostinato organ works, represent a shift from the older chaconne style: they completely...
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  • the Subconscious) for flute and viola (1997) Koncertas šešiems, 1999 Basso ostinato, 2001 Rytų elegija, 2002 Idée fixe, 2002 Nuojautos (Presentiments) for...
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  • The Immovable Do; Saint-Saëns/Lemare: Danse Macabre; Arensky/Horner: Basso Ostinato; Charles Williams: The Devil's Galop; Nigel Ogden: Penguins' Playtime;...
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    basso continuo BuxWV 269 – Sonata in F major for 2 violins, viola da gamba and basso continuo BuxWV 270 – Sonata in F major for 2 violins and basso continuo...
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  • instrumental players used to support a musician's melody and improvised solos. 3. Ostinato comping (jazz) 1. to comp; action of accompanying. con With; used in very...
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    particularly obvious from his organ chaconnes, which are reminiscent of Kerll's ostinato works; he may have also studied with Kerll, although there is no proof...
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    recording of George Harrison's "It's All Too Much", a prominent bass clarinet ostinato, scored and conducted by producer George Martin, is played by session musician...
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