Henry Purcell - Chacony a 4 in G minor

Chacony, for 4 strings in G minor, Z. 730 (ca. 1678) London Baroque Very little of Purcell’s functional music for four-part viol consort survives. Only the incomplete Suite in G major, Z. 770, and the Chacony in G minor, Z. 730, are known. It seems most of Purcell’s music he wrote as court composer for the Twenty-Four Violins after 1677 involved the voice. It is not known for what exact occasion Purcell composed the Chacony. “Chacony“ is a variant of the English “chacone“ and is the same as the French c