Sans (Fr.)
Without.
Saraband, Sarabanda (It.), Zarabanda (Sp.), Sarabande (Fr.). A slow, stately dance in time, used as the "slow movement" in the suite. The Saraband is founded on the following rhythm :- One of the finest examples is the song in "Rinaldo," by Händel, "Lascia ch' io pianga," which is said to have been written first as a Saraband, and afterward adapted to the words.