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Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

Sheet music for flute

Info:	Danse macabre (Dance of Death), Op. 40, is a tone poem for orchestra. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, which is based on an old French superstition. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a tone poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin.
Date:	1874
Artist:	Camille Saint-Saëns
Born:	9 October 1835, Paris
Died:	16 December 1921, Paris
The artist:	French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy, making his concert debut at the age of ten.
Instrument:	Flute
Key:	Bb major
Range:	G4 - G6
Time signature:	3/4
Tempo:	190 BPM
Duration:	1:47
Pages:	2
Difficulty:	Intermediate
Style:	Classical