Sarabandes
A Sarabande is a harmony composed for a dance, or music in dance. Many people think it evolved from a Spanish dance or in Central America with Arab influences, but we do not know where it originally came from yet. The Sarabande was first mentioned in a 1593 poem, Vida y Tiempo de Maricastaña, written in Panama by Fernando de Guzmán Meja. It was designed to be danced with couples and castanets. The Sarabande was popular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – then spread to Italy and France where it became a lento court dance. In the eighteenth century, it was mostly in Baroque dance suites. Composers like J.S Bach and Handel used the Sarabande theme. It was also commonly followed by a Jig or Gigue. Conventionally used with the emphasis on the second beat, mostly in triple meter. It was used in 3/8 and other triple meters like 6/4. The Sarabande was disliked the Jesuit priest Juan ...