William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Nationality: English

Born: November 7, 1905, Northampton Died: September 11, 1985, Southwold (age 79)

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Chaconne for Tom

(for recorder and piano)

Duration: 4 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1982 (age 76-77)

Student

Nationality: English

Born: May 16, 1934, Gloucestershire Died: July 11, 2017 (age 83)

Student

Nationality: Scottish

Born: July 5, 1917, London Died: October 12, 2012, Prague (age 95)

chaconne, ciaconna [I], ciacona, chiacona, ciaccona, chacony—a Baroque term for a musical form comprising a series of variations over an unchanging short theme or ground base. chaconne and passacaglia are closely related if not indistinguishablewiki
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore