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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A composition usually for organ, chiefly in baroque style and characterized by an elaborate contrapuntal structure based on the melody of a hymn or chorale.
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- noun a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations
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