Crossword-Solution: PASSACAGLIA 11 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

The man who shaped not only the deliberately infantine "Ma Mère l'Oye," but also things as quiveringly simple and expressive and songful as "Oiseaux tristes," as "Sainte," as "Le Gibet," or the "Sonatine," as the passacaglia of the Trio or the vocal interlude in "Daphnis et Chloé," has a pureness of feeling that we have lost.

Upon this as cantus firmus Brahms has developed what is known as a passacaglia; originally a rather slow and stately dance, but in musical use denoting a movement developed over a ground bass, or single harmonic foundation, the final result partaking somewhat of the nature of variations; but more of a sort of cumulative playing with musical elements, finally reaching a great degree of complexity, which, if well done, should also be a complexity of idea and a fullness and richness of expression.

Mozart's Symphony Concertante for violin and viola,--Bach's Passacaglia,--and Schumann's overture to "Die Braut von Messina" given in New York City by Theodore Thomas.

Rheinberger's "Passacaglia" and Praeger's symphonic poem "Life and Love, Battle and Victory" given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

Without waiting for comment he plunged into his last movement which proved to be a series of ingenious variations--a prolonged passacaglia--in which the grace and dexterity of his melodic invention, contrapuntal skill and symmetrical sense were gratifyingly present.