Sarabande

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A 16th-century Spanish dance.
  2. 2
    A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time.
  3. 3
    The music for either of these dances.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda.

Related phrases

triple time

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