Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437)
{{Short description|Piece by George Frideric Handel}}
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The Keyboard suite in D minor ({{abbr|HWV|Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (catalogue of Handel's works)}}{{nbsp}}437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as {{Lang|fr|Suite de pièces}} Vol. 2 No. 4. It was first published in 1733.{{Cite web |title=G. F. Handel's Compositions, HWV 401-558|url=http://gfhandel.org/handel/worklist/401to558.html#HWV437|access-date=2025-03-18|website=gfhandel.org of the Handel Institute}}
Movements
The work consists of five movements:
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|107 |xlviii, 149 | |The prelude did not appear in the first edition published by John WalshHandel's Publisher, John Walsh, His Successors, and Contemporaries The Musical Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 3, Jul., 1920 Published by: Oxford University Press and was taken from Handel's keyboard suite HWV 428. HWV 561 is another version of the prelude. |
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|108 |ii, 81 |iv/5, 29 | |
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|109 |ii, 82 |iv/5, 30 | |
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|110 |ii, 82 |iv/5, 31 |The initial sarabande is followed by two variations thereof. |
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|111 |ii, 83 |iv/5, 33 | |
{{Listen|type=music|filename=Handel - Suite Vol. 2 No. 4 in D minor HWV 437 (Constantin Stephan).oga|title=Handel, Keyboard Suite HWV 437 in D minor (Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue)|description=Performed by Constantin Stephan}}
In popular culture
The Sarabande has been subject to several instrumentations for the inclusion in film scores or TV shows or it was used as thematic material for original works. In most of the examples below, only the original Sarabande without Handel's variations was used.
It was used in an orchestral arrangement for the Stanley Kubrick period drama film Barry Lyndon (1975).
The Sarabande was quoted by Joe Hisaishi in the song "Nausicaä · Requiem" from his score for Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 animated film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Dutch singer Petra Berger used the Sarabande as the musical setting for her song about Mary, Queen of Scots, "Still a Queen (In My End Is My Beginning)", from her album Eternal Woman (2001).{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
In 2002, the Sarabande was used in the so-called "Odyssey" commercial for Levi's. {{Cite web |title=World’s best ads ever #6: Levi’s makes dreams out of jeans with ‘Odyssey’ |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/06/14/world-s-best-ads-ever-6-levi-s-makes-dreams-out-jeans-with-odyssey |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=The Drum}}
It was then recycled in the UK TV advert for the tropical drink, Lilt.
Danish DJ Christian Steen Jensen (alias Camena) used the Sarabande in his 2006 release of the same name.{{Cite web |title=Camena (2) – Sarabande|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1023947-Camena-Sarabande|access-date=2025-03-18|website=Discogs}}
Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish uses the Sarabande and both of its variations to accompany his 'found poem' section in every episode, performed by the Billroth String Quartet/Ensemble.{{Cite web |title=The Billroth String Quartet {{!}} Music Department, Soundtrack |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5976175/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}
The Sarabande was featured in the episode "Warp and Weft" (2017; S02E03) of the second season of the ITV period drama TV series Victoria.{{cite web |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/victoria/season-2/51772 |title=Season 2 - E3 - Warp and Weft |work=Tunefind |date=2017-09-10 |author=Tunefind |quote=Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alexander Briger }}
An orchestral version of the Sarabande was used on the first episode of The ABC Murders (2018), a television mini-series based on the Agatha Christie novel The A.B.C. Murders (1936), starring John Malkovich as Poirot. {{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
See also
{{Listen|type=music|filename=Handel - Suite Vol. 2 No. 4 in D minor HWV 437 - 4. Sarabande.oga|title=Sarabande|description=4. Sarabande, performed on an organ synthesiser}}
References
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