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Variations on a 'Ground'

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.

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  1. EPISODIC FORM
  2. EPISODIC FORM—I-II
  3. KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS: INTRODUCTION
  4. SONATA AS A WHOLE
  5. SONATA FORM: DEVELOPMENT AND LINK TO RECAPITULATION
  6. SONATA FORM: RECAPITULATION AND CODA
  7. SONATA FORM: THE DEVELOPMENT
  8. SONATA FORM: THE EXPOSITION
  9. THREE-PART FORM: TERNARY
  10. Extension of the Phrase 1959
  11. Two-Part Form: Binary 1959
  12. Variation Form 1959
  13. Variations on a 'Ground' 1959

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, catalog record

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