Sarabande Sea Chanty

Sarabande Sea ChantyA "Sarabande" is a slow and stately dance popular in the Baroque era. This piece is from the second of six English Suites thought to have been composed in 1715 by J. S. Bach. Since this "Sarabande" is contrapuntal each part has an important melodic role. Elevate your students' musical sensibilities by performing this profound music from the greatest Baroque master.

In this unique grade 2 version

This compelling musical journey conveys a sense of ever-deepening awe at the magical underwater seascape

you'll go undercover for a furtive adventure in secrets and shadows

mixing unison writing with richly harmonic sections

The Missing Hour begins with a mysterious melody asking the question

Parts for all instruments have melodic interest as the melody flows through various sections of the orchestra

There are many opportunities for upper strings to use 4th finger (instead of going to the next open string) when the note that follows stays on the same string

Two contrasting movements

Very strong both melodically and harmonically

and Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) both highly esteemed musicians in their day

and many times in this piece

French composer Maurice Ravel made an orchestra version which has become standard in every professional orchestra's repertoire