Romantic / Late 19th-century French · 1874
Danse Macabre
C. Saint-SaënsOp. 40
- Key
- Gm
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- ♩=132
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Tone poem on a Henri Cazalis poem. Death plays violin at midnight on Halloween.
Teaching points
- Programmatic — Halloween midnight
- Solo violin = Death (scordatura tuning)
- AO3: programmatic poem
Full score ↓Public domain
Durand 1875, PD via 95-year rule.