By the end, the ground bass is reduced to chant-like reminiscences; the orchestra leaves hints of an unmistakable D major chord, while the soloist is left undecided in a trill between the notes F-natural and G flat.
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In 2013, the Pet Shop Boys released their single " Love Is a Bourgeois Construct " incorporating one of the same ground basses from " King Arthur " used by Nyman in his " Draughtsman's Contract " score.
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The long final scene of recognition is a skillfully rendered passacaglia ( a stately dance in the form of variations on a repeated ground bass ) in which a rapturously lyrical ensemble for the main characters is supported by wistful choral refrains.
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The progression or ground bass, the major mode variation of the passamezzo antico, originated in Italian and French dance music during the first half of the 16th century, where it was often used with a contrasting progression or section known as " ripresi ".
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Most of the works with ground bass use some type of " romanesca " pattern, consisting of a line descending by Canon, probably written several decades after Picchi's death, is probably the most famous example of variations over a " romanesca " bass ).
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Among his many compositions, the largest ( in terms of duration ) and most famous is his " Passacaglia on DSCH " for solo piano, written between 1960 and 1962, based on a 13-note ground bass derived from the musical motif movements composed for piano.
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His " coral ", a set of variations on a ground bass, is considered to be the earliest music written for the solo violin by an English composer; however, its attribution is not completely certain, for another source dated 1684 gives the name of another composer.
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The music is largely modal, beginning with pentatonic ( both major and minor ) scales . ( English version adapted by Margaret Murray ) The drone or bordun, is quickly established as the ground bass that supports most melodies and melodic ostinati add energy and colour.
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The show, designed for people with a lively interest in music, usually pursues a single musical concept, like the contrapuntal device of the ground bass or the rhythmic phenomenon known as hemiola, and tracks it down in an odd assortment of musical examples that may jump from Haydn to Bulgarian folk singing to heavy metal.
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Ory ( who led the best band in the city, featuring at various times Joe Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet and a teen-age Louis Armstrong ) developed " tailgate " style, in which the trombone serves as a hinge between melody and rhythm, improvising a sort of ground bass behind the trumpet lead and clarinet obbligato.
