Considered to be a risquee dance by many, the Sarabande was banned in 1583, deemed too provocative for polite company. Mentions of the music and the dance continued to show up in popular writings of the day, however.
By the Baroque period, the Sarabande was beginning to experience a resurgence of sorts, finding its way into instrumental suites of the period, as well as the popular dance movements that accompanied the compositions. The version performed in this era was not exactly like the old days, in that the triple meter was significantly slowed down.
This brought the dance more in line with the purportedly more sedate and dignified concepts of European sensibilities, and provided it a means for it to be interpreted for a new age.
Considered to be a risquee dance by many, the Sarabande was banned in 1583, deemed too provocative for polite company. Mentions of the music and the dance continued to show up in popular writings of the day, however.
By the Baroque period, the Sarabande was beginning to experience a resurgence of sorts, finding its way into instrumental suites of the period, as well as the popular dance movements that accompanied the compositions. The version performed in this era was not exactly like the old days, in that the triple meter was significantly slowed down.
This brought the dance more in line with the purportedly more sedate and dignified concepts of European sensibilities, and provided it a means for it to be interpreted for a new age.
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