Guitar Wedding Songs - Pachelbels Canon In D Major

BASSO OSTINATO (bbsso ostinbto; Italian, lit. - stubborn, bass) - one of the variation forms, main on repeated repetition of unchanged. themes in bass with changing upper voices. It originates from polyphonic. forms of strict writing, which had an unchanging cantus firmus, which, when repeated, was surrounded by new counterpoints. In the 16-17 centuries. B. about. widely used in dance. to music. Nek-ry ancient dances - passakaliya, chakona and others represented variations on the east This form was preserved after the passacalia and chacon lost the dance. value. B. about. also penetrated into the arias and choirs of operas, oratorios, cantatas of the 17-18 centuries.