Saraband

Saraband (Fr. sarabande, Span. zarabanda)—word and thing both derived from the Moors), originally a slow dance, and hence a short piece of music, of deliberate character, and with a peculiar rhythm, in $\backslash frac\{3\}\{4\}$ time, the accent being placed on the second crotchet of each measure. The saraband was of frequent occurrence among the suites or series of short pieces written by Handel, Sebastian Bach, and others of the old masters, for the harpsichord or clavichord.