saraband

noun

sar·​a·​band ˈser-ə-ˌband 

ˈsa-rə-ˌband

variants or sarabande

1

: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries resembling the minuet

2

: the music for the saraband in slow triple time with accent on the second beat

Examples of saraband in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Bergman Island, Hansen-Love includes a scene from Ingmar Bergman’s 1972 Cries and Whispers — a close-up where Ingrid Thulin howls in torment then is briefly comforted by Liv Ullmann’s caress, a sympathetic duet played out to the palpable strum of a Bach saraband for unaccompanied cello. —Armond White, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021

Word History

Etymology

French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1