Listening Journal - Handel

Handel - Sarabande in D Minor

Musical Elements

Timbre:Chordophone (Cello, Violin, Viola)

Tempo: Slow (Grave originally)

Meter: Triple Simple (3/2)

Tonality: Minor

Texture: Homophonic

Key: D Minor

Structure

Binary Form (Lengthy A Section Repeated, then B Section starts around the one minute mark)

Context

-Baroque Period
-Created in the 1700's

-Third Movement in a Suite 

-Originally for solo harpsichord
-Intended for Dance
-Performed by a modern Orchestra