Violin-solo,orchestra
(Violin solo, Orchestra)
SKU: BA.BA08834
Symphonic poem after a
poem by Henri
Cazalis. Composed by
Camille Saint-Saens.
Edited by Hugh MacDonald.
This edition: urtext
edition. Stapled.
Barenreiter Urtext. After
a poem by Henri Cazalis.
Score. Opus 40.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08834_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA08834).
ISBN
9790006567195. 32.5 x
25.5 cm inches. Preface:
Hugh
Macdonald.
Saint-Sa
ëns was a great
admirer of the symphonic
poems by Franz Liszt. His
own symphonic poem
“Danse
macabre†reflects
not only his affinity to
medieval superstitions
but also constitutes a
tribute to Liszt’s
“Totentanzâ€.<
br>
“Danse
macabre†is based
on the eponymous song
Saint-Saëns composed
in 1872 after Henri
Cazalis’ poem. At
its premiere, the work
was not well-received; in
fact it was booed,
possibly due to the
“diabolicâ€
solo violin playing on an
E-string that was tuned
down to E-flat, which the
audience might have
misinterpreted as being
out of tune. However
within ten years the work
had become so popular
that Saint-Saëns
quoted some of its
musical themes in
“The Carnival of
the Animalsâ€. Since
the composer’s
death, “Danse
macabre†is among
the works most often
mentioned in connection
with the theatrical face
of death found in popular
mortuary cult.
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