Author(s): Eylem ARICA, Ali UÇAN
The chaconne is a dance music harboring erotic elements that first appeared in the 17th century, and whose origins extend to the triangle between Africa, Spain and Mexico. Nowadays, the chaconne is generally associated with the D Minor Partitas of J.S. Bach's Violin Solo. The first information regarding the chaconne were identified in Latin American and Spanish literature, and also in texts written about the chaconne itself.The chaconne was initially a form musical composition that accompanied dance, consisting of improvisations based on a harmonic pattern. However in 1606, the first notes for the chaconne were written by Girolama Montesardo in Spain for guitar training, thus allowing this dance music to begin its transition into an instrumental form of music through the guitar. The chaconne’s spread in Europe through guitar music and theater began with Italy, and later continued with France and Germany. In every country it spread, the chaconne was further transformed by the social groups it appealed to.One common and unifying aspect of the available sources on the chaconne is that they consider Germany, and even the final part of Bach’s D Minor Partitas, as the place where the chaconne reached its zenith.The chaconne is a form of music that experienced an interesting evolution, and is characterized by many historical, cultural and musical developments/changes that are worthy of being studied. For this reason, various studies are still being conducted today on the different aspects of this form of music.
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