Tempo
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Sheet music for violin
| Alt. Title: | Dance of Death |
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| 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. |
| Opus number: | Op. 40 |
| 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: | Violin |
| Key: | Bb major |
| Range: | G3 - A6 |
| Time signature: | 3/4 |
| Tempo: | 216 BPM |
| Duration: | 6:48 |
| Pages: | 10 |
| Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Style: | Classical |