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Danse Macabre

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The document provides musical notes and descriptions for Camille Saint-Saens' 1874 composition "Danse Macabre". It describes Death entering a cemetery at midnight to tune his violin and lead ghosts, skeletons, and spirits in a dance, playing two main melodies. As the night progresses, the melodies are played by different instruments and in rounds, getting louder and faster until morning approaches, signaled by a rooster crow, and Death finishes his playing as two coffins close.

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Danse Macabre By Camille Saint Saens 1835-1921
0:0 Clock chiming midnight by the harp.
0:16 Death tiptoes into the cemetery.
0:23 He tunes his violin to get ready for the dance!
0:30 The dance starts with Melody A Melody A
0:45 The dance continues with Melody B Melody B
0:59 Melody A continues with oboe and flute and is echoed by the string section Melody A
1:15 You can hear the strings and the orchestra playing Melody A Melody A
1:29 Melody B is played with the strings and orchestra. Melody B
1:44 Melody A by the strings and echoed by the xylophone. The xylophone makes the sound of the skeleton bones. Melody A
2:00 Melody B enters in canon (round) by the low strings and gets higher while adding woodwinds and brass. Melody B
2:30 New theme in woodwinds
2:45 Listen for the pizzicato strings and woodwinds. Pizzicato is when the strings are plucked instead of bowed.
2:59 Melody B enters with a solo violin with harp and woodwinds Melody B
3:30 Listen to the music making the sound of the wind. It crescendos (gets louder) with the trombones and low brass
4:22 Listen for Melody A being played in the background Melody A
4:32 You can hear the tuning from the beginning of the song, only this time woodwinds are added and pizzicato strings
4:41 Solo violin
4:55 The trees in the graveyard are moaning
5:20 Melody A and B together (B is played by brass instruments) Melody A Melody B
5:41 A new theme enters with the strings playing faster
5:57 Music crescendos and gets faster! Crescendo
6:10 The oboe plays the rooster crowing. Morning is coming!
6:30 Death finishes his playing. Listen for the last two coffins closing.

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