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Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre
By CELENZA, Anna Harwell
- ISBN
- 978-1-57091-348-8 978-1-60734-612-8
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2013 | Nonfiction
Gr 2–5—This title in the author's music-appreciation series addresses the origin of Camille Saint-Saëns's symphonic work with a description of the composer's nighttime visit to the Paris Catacombs with his friend Henri Cazalis. The musical inspiration resulted first in the form of a solo song, and later Saint-Saëns's two-year quest for the perfect instrumental sound to express dancing skeletons rising from their graves. Originally criticized, but later acclaimed, thi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
