SaintSaens Danse Macabre Op 28 Piano Accompaniment

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Danse Macabre, Op. 28 • (Piano Accompaniment) • #accompaniment #violin • My Patreon: / pocomusic • An old legend tells that on certain nights of the year, the skeletons of the dead rise from their graves at midnight and dance until morning, while Death himself plays on the fiddle. The legend inspired a poem by Henri Cazalis, published in 1872 and almost immediately was set to music as an extended song by Saint-Saëns. Not long afterward, Saint-Saëns used the song as the basis for a longer tone poem for orchestra with solo violin, which has become one of his most popular works. • The image of Death as a fiddler appears in many paintings going back to medieval times, and would certainly have been familiar to 19th century Parisian audiences. Saint-Saëns gives the image a light, almost comic touch, asking the concertmaster to play upon a deliberately mistuned violin (the E string is tuned down a half-step). Danse macabre begins with the sound of a distant church bell (depicted by the harp, in this case) striking the midnight hour. Death then aggressively tunes his fiddle (never quite getting it right!), and the dead quickly rise and begin dancing. Saint-Saëns employs a xylophone in his orchestra—still a novelty at the time—to depict the sound of rattling bones. After a while, a new theme appears, based on the Dies Irae chant. This old tune has been used frequently to symbolize death in concert works, but Saint-Saëns here recasts the melody incongruously as a waltz. The action becomes increasingly frenzied until a crowing cock (an oboe) suddenly announces the dawn. The party of the dead slowly vanishes, and Death plays a final mournful tune on his fiddle, before slinking off until next year. • (written by Daniel Powers) • All throughout the video, I made the violin part almost inaudible when playing, but good enough to hear when mental blocks occur mid practice to help the musician come back and continue playing. • I'm accepting requests during this pandemic to help other musicians out there who are stuck at home during this troubling time. I hope I can help some of you to rehearse your pieces even at home. • Please consider donating and help me support my channel here: • http://paypal.me/pocomusic

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