Camille Saint-Saëns
Dance Macabre op. 40
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Dance Macabre op. 40
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Camille Saint-Saëns
- Editor Giancarlo Gazzani
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Scomegna Edizioni Musicali
- Order no. SCO103921A-SA
Description:
Originally composed as a chanson for voice and piano and than transcribed for orchestra, the Danse Macabre Op. 40 is a short symphonic poem composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1874. Among the various possible sources of inspiration, Camille Saint-Saëns chose a poem by Henri Cazalis, who wrote a grotesque parody of Goethe's famous ballad on the same theme. In his version, Cazalis portrayed death playing an out of tune violin in a cemetery. In his composition, Saint-Saëns does not follow stereotypical demonic musical suggestions; instead he draws on Cazalis's original reading of the topic and attempts to convey its characteristic traits through a spirited and witty instrumentation.
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Scomegna Edizioni Musicali S.r.l.
Via Campassi 41
10040
LA LOGGIA
Italien
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