The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as Suite de pièces Vol. 2 No. 4. It was first published in 1733.[citation needed]

Movements

The work consists of five movements:

Movement Type Grove[1]
reference 		Händel-Gesellschaft
reference 		Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
reference 		Notes
1 Prelude 107 xlviii, 149 The prelude did not appear in the first edition published by John Walsh[2] and was taken from Handel's keyboard suite HWV 428. HWV 561 is another version of the prelude.[citation needed]
2 Allemande 108 ii, 81 iv/5, 29
3 Courante 109 ii, 82 iv/5, 30
4 Sarabande 110 ii, 82 iv/5, 31 theme with two variations.
5 Gigue 111 ii, 83 iv/5, 33
Handel, Keyboard Suite HWV 437 in D minor (Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue)
Performed by Constantin Stephan
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In popular culture

The Sarabande was used in an orchestral arrangement for the Stanley Kubrick period drama film Barry Lyndon (1975).[3]

It was used for the funeral of a Venetian printer in James Burke's Connections.

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]

In 2002, the sarabande was used in the so-called "Odyssey" commercial for Levi's.[citation needed]

The Sarabande was featured in the episode "Warp and Weft" (2017; S02E03) of the second season of the ITV period drama TV series Victoria.[4]

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]

Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish uses it to accompany his 'found poetry'.

Danish DJ Christian Steen Jensen (alias Camena) used the Sarabande in his release (2006)

See also

Sarabande
4. Sarabande, performed on an organ synthesiser
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References

  1. ^ Hicks, Anthony (2001). "Handel, George Frideric". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. x (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 804.
  2. ^ Handel's Publisher, John Walsh, His Successors, and Contemporaries The Musical Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 3, Jul., 1920 Published by: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Keech, Andrew (2006). "Reel Chill: Cinematic Chillout Album". Archived from the original on 25 March 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2006.
  4. ^ Tunefind (10 September 2017). "Season 2 - E3 - Warp and Weft". Tunefind. Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alexander Briger

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