A Collection of Scottish Strathspeys for Violin and Other Melody. Edited by Mara Shea. Book and online audio. 118 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

By Walter Cummings. For Concert Band. Grade 3. Score and set of parts. Published by Grand Mesa Music

Violin & Piano

SKU: ST.C448

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. String music. Clifton Edition #C448. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C448).

Danse Macabre started life in 1874 as a tone poem scored for violin and orchestra which vividly describes a poem by Henri Cazalis. As the clock strikes midnight, the cloaked figure of Death appears and calls on the skeletons to dance to the waltz he plays on his violin. The E string is tuned a semitone lower to create a diminished fifth, the dissonant interval referred to as the devil in music during the Middle Ages. The dance builds and builds but eventually, as the cock crows, heralding the approaching dawn, the skeletons vanish back into their graves, and death departs.

This arrangement for violin and piano was made by Saint-Saëns himself in 1877.

Grade 8
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: EMA116.

(arranged for percussion ensemble). Composed by Camille Saint-Sa�«ns. Arranged by Brian Slawson. Percussion Ensembles. For Xylophone, chimes, vibraphone, one 5-octave marimba (low C, shared), one 4.3-octave marimba (low A) OR 5-octave (low C), 2 timpani, and crash cymbals. (8 players). Difficulty: Medium. Folio and CD-ROM. 20 pages. Duration 3:15. Published by Tapspace Publications

(Symphonic Poem). By Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Arranged by Gerhart Drijvers. For Concert Band and optional solo Violin. Grade 5. Full score and set of parts. Duration 7:00. Published by Baton Music