Danse macabre, Op. 40 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)
| Title | Danse macabre |
| Alternative title | Poème symphonique d'après une poésie de Henri Cazalis |
| Creators | Camille Saint-Saëns, composer |
| Opus | Op.40 |
| Instrumentation | violin and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | G minor |
| Composed | 1874 |
| First published | 1875 |
| Dedication | Madame Caroline Montigny-Rémaury |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 420 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Symphonic poems |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | theater orchestra | Hubert Mouton |
| View | Complete | 5 accordions, percussion and double bass | Paul De Bra |
| View | Complete | 4 accordions, percussion and double bass | Paul De Bra |
| View | Complete | 4 violins | Edgar Girtain IV |
| View | Complete | 2 piano 8 hands | Ernest Guiraud |
| View | Complete | flute and piano cornet and piano violin and piano cello and piano |
Giuseppe Gariboldi |
| View | Complete | flute and piano | Al Rice |
| View | Complete | violin and piano | — |
| View | Complete | violin and piano | Varun Ryan Soontornniyomkij |
| View | Complete | viola and piano | Varun Ryan Soontornniyomkij |
| View | Complete | cello and piano | Fahmy Tarek |
| View | Complete | cello and piano | Farid Zehar |
| View | Complete | double bass and piano | Farid Zehar |
| View | Complete | 2 pianos | — |
| View | Complete | organ 4 hands | David Cameron |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Ernest Guiraud |
| View | Complete | organ | Edwin Henry Lemare |
| View | Complete | piano | Aleksandr Chernyavsky |
| View | Complete | piano | Henri Cramer |
| View | Complete | piano | Franz Liszt |
| View | Complete | piano | Théodore Ritter |
| View | Complete | piano | — |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | University of Chicago Orchestra (orchestra) | Barbara Schubert, conductor | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | — | Paul De Bra, conductor Accordion Orchestra Avanti, performer |
For Accordion solo and Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | Complete Performance | |
| View | — | Professor P, performer | *For 5 Accordions and Percussion (De Bra) | Complete Performance | |
| View | — | Christoph Zbinden, piano | For 2 Pianos (Composer) | Complete Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | — | Quinn Mason, performer | — | Synthesized Performance |
| View | Synthesized | — | For Viola and Piano (Soontornniyomkij) | Synthesized Performance |
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