- a variation of saraband.
sarabande
Britishnoun
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a decorous 17th-century courtly dance
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music a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in slow triple time, often incorporated into the classical suite
Etymology
Origin of sarabande
C17: from French, from Spanish zarabanda, of uncertain origin
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That Handel sarabande was one of the catchy opening numbers of “Sarabande Africaine,” Ma’s joint appearance with Afropop singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
In Bach’s cello suites, the sarabande stops time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
A graceful aria in the style of a sarabande goes through 30 variations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Mr. Ashbery has surely seen the Stravinsky-Balanchine ballet “Agon,” in which there are several modernist variants on bygone dances; a sarabande, danced by a male soloist, is one of them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2015
Then we were off, Char naming each dance: a gavotte, a slow sarabande, a courante, an allemande.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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