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Literally,(par-te'-ta) portion. It. n. pa acaglio (pas-sa-kal'-yo) It. n. 1. An early name given to a collecpa acaille (pas-sa-kl'-yu) Fr. n. tion or series of dance tunes. It pa acalle (pas-sa-kal'-ya) Spa. n. differs from a suite in having freer pa agallo An old Italian (pas-sa-gal'-lo) or Spanish It. n.dance. treatment and frequently fewer move- The derivation of the name is probments. ably from the Spanish verb pasar, to 2. Variations or repetitions of a walk, and the noun calle, street. theme. Originally, it was performed by one part it i no or two dancers only. It had much Literally,(par-ti-te'-no) It. n. a small, a smaller portion: in common with another dance of the supplementary score attached to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Cenbody of the score when there are too turies, called the chaconne. The many parts to be written on one page, pa acaglio was of a more stately and partition Eng. n. solemn movement than the chaconne, partition (par-tes-yon) Fr. n. but both attracted the attention of A partition; score: a full score for composers for the organ and harps i voices or instruments. chord because the music for both was Partitur (par-tl-to or') Ger. n. constructed on a ground ba in- Partitura (par-ti-too'-ra) It. n. volving considerable skill in counter- A partition; a score; a full score point in their composition. In the for voices or instruments. chaconne the theme was kept in the Partiturspiel (par-ti-to or'-shpel) Ger. ba , while in the pa acaglio it was n. placed in any of the parts. Bach and Playing from the score, Handel have left interesting examples partizione (par-te-tsi-6'-ne) It. n. of the pa acaglio. As a dance, it Literally, a partition; score; a full survived in France until the Eightscore for voices or instruments. eenth Century. Both the pa acaglio partizione can cell at a (par-te-tsi-6'-ne and chaconne were usually written kan-chel-la'-ta) It. in triple time, A set of staves with vertical lines pa age for the ba . A system of staves A phrase; a figure, as a scale pa cored by lines drawn perpendicularly sage; a run. acro , dividing the staves into small pa age-board equal portions. A board for the organ tuner to pas (pa) Fr. n. walk on, placed by the side of the A step; a pace; a dance; a march. sounding board, or through the ranks pas de charge (pa du sharzh) Fr. of pipes. A double quick march; double time. pa ages, pedal pas de deux (pas du du) Fr. Those parts of a composition for Literally, step of two: a dance by the organ requiring the use of the two persons. pedals. 408 389 pa aggio pa y-measure a description of Madame de Sevigne pa aggio (pas-sad'-jo) It. running the pa epied at the festivi- 1. A musical pa age. 2. A modulation or change of key. ties in Britt any on the occasion of 3. A flourish or embellishment, such the a embling of the Estates, as a brilliant run or arpeggio, pa ing modulation A transient modulation, that is, a