| Bach did the same in his second violin partita but reversely ended it with the immense chaconne. |
| The longest piece in the set is the D-major chaconne, taking up three full pages. |
| It is almost a sacrilege to hear a little girl venturing to approach the chaconne. |
| It draws upon the Baroque dance form known as a chaconne, in which a basic theme stated at the opening is then restated in several variations. |
| The chaconne also became popular in France and, towards the middle of the 17th century, in Germany and England. |
| Like the chaconne it originated in Latin America and appeared in Spain during the 16th century. |
