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passamezzo| Brisk dance of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, popular not only in Italy but throughout Europe. Its name is probably due to the fact that it was a more lively form of the pavane. It consisted basically of variations on a ground bass. The passamezzo antico was in the minor key, the passamezzo moderno in the major key. See romanesca. |
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