saraband
Americannoun
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a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
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a piece of music for or using the rhythm of this dance, usually forming one of the movements in the classical suite and following the courante.
Etymology
Origin of saraband
1610–20; < French sarabande < Spanish zarabanda, perhaps < Arabic sarband a kind of dance < Persian
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Yes, he wrote a saraband in its traditional three-quarter time, but it’s suspended, its feet hovering above the ground with a patient, forlorn, undanceable tune, played by Katia with sensitivity.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
On through the day, Lyndon and Lady Bird moved, almost ritualistically, as in a stately saraband.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was even jollity in Mr. Samuel's rendition of the saraband of the English Suite.
From Time Magazine Archive
A saraband starts up, accompanied by a simulated harpsichord: Are the ghosts of vanished dancers being recalled?
From Time Magazine Archive
And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband.
From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various
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