noun
- plural of sarabande: slow, stately Spanish dances in triple time, or musical compositions written for such dances
Usage: music; dance
Examples
- The baroque suite included several sarabandes between the faster movements.
- Bach composed beautiful sarabandes in his keyboard suites.
- The dancers performed traditional sarabandes at the historical festival.
- These sarabandes showcase the elegant, measured style of 17th-century court music.
- The album features sarabandes by various baroque composers.
- Students studied the characteristic rhythm patterns of sarabandes in music theory class.