Talk:Passacaglia

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I would call in Kapsberger or Piccinini discussing the Passacaglia. Perhaps the Francois Couperin to give the ultimate example (instead of J.S. Bach) but Brahms c.s. is from another era.

[edit] Listcruft?

Sorry, I didn't intend to make the list of 20th century examples so long, but one example after another popped into my head and it got out of hand… My intention was to show that the passacaglia didn't die with Brahms' 4th! I'm too close to it now and can't see how to proceed; please feel free to prune. I feel strongly that we should not have a see also List of passacaglias.

I think the Webern, Shostakovich, Britten, and Lutoslawski give the finest and most encyclopedic examples mentioned. Rather than a list, perhaps it would be better to have a paragraph outlining these composers' use of the form? --RobertG ♬ talk 15:57, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Barry Lyndon

I believe the La Follia theme might have been used in the soundtrack for Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. Edit: On second thought, maybe not. -- Pangloss

If I remember rightly, the theme in the film is an arrangement of a movement from one of Handel's keyboard suites, which itself closely resembles La Folia. Whether either of them are passacaglias, I can't remember. --Camembert

[edit] Mark Thompson

I'm a music enthusiast and noticed the same timing on a known Passacaglia with the piece from Solaris but I think it's an accurate characterization even if it's not explicitly mentioned as such, it would seem to fit the technical definition.