CHACONNE


Meaning of CHACONNE in English

[ ʃə'kɒn ]

■ noun Music

1》 a composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time.

2》 a stately dance performed to a ~.

Origin

C17: from Fr., from Sp. chacona .

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