Sarabande
Baroque works
Definition
A slow, stately Baroque dance in triple meter with a characteristic emphasis on the second beat of the bar. The third movement of most Baroque suites.
Historical Context
Originally a fast, scandalous dance from the New World, the sarabande was transformed in 17th-century Europe into a slow, dignified court dance. In Bach's suites, the sarabande is the expressive heart — often highly ornamented, harmonically rich, and deeply affecting.
Works (30)
- English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: Sarabande Key A major
- English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Sarabande Key A minor
- English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: Sarabande Key G minor
- English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: Sarabande Key F major
- English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: Sarabande Key E minor
- English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: Sarabande Key D minor
- French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: Sarabande Key D minor
- French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: Sarabande Key C minor
- French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Sarabande Key B minor
- French Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815: Sarabande Key E♭ major
- French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Sarabande Key G major
- French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Sarabande Key E major
- Partita No. 1 in B♭ major, BWV 825: Sarabande Key B♭ major
- Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: Sarabande Key C minor
- Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Sarabande Key A minor
- Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828: Sarabande Key D major
- Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: Sarabande Key G major
- Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: Sarabande Key E minor
- French Overture in B minor, BWV 831: Sarabande Key B minor
- Sarabande in A minor, WoO 5 Key A minor
- Sarabande in B minor, WoO 5 Key B minor
- Sarabande in C minor Key C minor
- Sarabande No. 1 in A major Key A major
- Sarabande No. 1 in A minor Key A minor
- Sarabande No. 1 in B minor Key B minor
- Sarabande No. 1 in C major Key C major
- Sarabande No. 1 in D major Key D major
- Sarabande No. 1 in D minor Key D minor
- Sarabande No. 1 in E minor Key E minor
- Sarabande No. 1 in F major Key F major