Handel Saraband (Sheet Music): Saraband (Handel) (English Edition)

First published in 1733, The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo harpsichord, between 1703 and 1706. It is also known as Suite de pièce Vol. 2 No. 4.Its sarabande is featured prominently in the film Barry Lyndon as well as the BBC documentary, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution.This is the sheet music copy for all music all music loversHandel took the controversial dance form of the sarabande (banned for its obscenity in some countries) and turned it into one of the baroque period’s most popular pieces.A sarabande is a dance that originated in Central America back in the sixteenth century. It became popular in the Spanish colonies before making its way to Europe. At first, it was regarded as being rather scandalous, even being banned in Spain for its obscenity. Baroque composers, such as Handel, adopted the sarabande as one of the movements for the suites they were writing at the time.It was left in obscurity since its composition in the early 1700s, until the director Stanley Kubrick took a shine to it for his 1970s film, Barry Lyndon. At that point, it was as if someone had lit a blue touch paper and retired as film and television directors the world over proclaimed themselves fans. Its most celebrated outing was in a wall-crunching advert for Levi Jeans, which has seen the piece taken on by a new legion of appreciators.