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sarabandeStately processional dance in triple metre popular in the French court and throughout Europe in the 17th–18th century. Of Spanish or Mexican origin, it began as a vigorous dance, set to lively music and castanets, for a double line of couples. At first considered improper, it was forbidden in Spain in 1583. In the early 17th century it was modified to its slow, dignified court version in France and Italy. The slow sarabande, usually with an accented dotted note on the second beat, became a standard movement of the baroque suite. sarabande, saraband 1. a decorous 17th-century courtly dance 2. Music a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in slow triple time, often incorporated into the classical suite How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This piece is followed, though, by two rather gloomy works, Aaron Jay Kernis's Sarabanda in Memoriam (1997) and Michael Hersch's Ashes of Memory (1999). In some cases an mpungu has a proper name, such as Nsasi or Sarabanda or Baluande. Villamil's enigmatic altar to the god Sarabanda, which included drawings and a cauldron stuffed with ritual items, fits into a closet-like space, another reminder of the necessity for secrecy that has determined the forms of Afro-Atlantic altars. |
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