Added: Sep 26, 2011
Author: classicalmusic51
Duration: 7:10
Video made 2 February 2010 at Old City Jerusalem Muslim and Christian Quarter. Danse macabre, Op. 40, Camille Saint-Saëns digitally performed by Harpsichord at Abbey Road Studio One 1 early September, 2011, noise free 48 KHz, 16 bit surround 5.1 Hi Fi multichannel wav recording, also mixed in stereo to meet present youtube soundtrack specifics.Note: Abbey Road Studios were not attended, the sound recoding was modelled by a computer program to simulate the acoustics of the Studio. Different mix is at:http://youtube.com/artmusic51Free extras, ringtones, mobile mp4 iphone optimized videos 5.1 surround sound, video files, MIDI, Digital sheet music PDF printout files download are available for subscribers only.Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a tone poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, which is based in an old French superstition. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a tone poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin. Read more on the story behind Saens music at the reference below.When Danse macabre first premiered, it was not received well. Audiences were quite unsettled by the disturbing, yet innovative, sounds that Saint-Saëns elicited. Shortly after the premiere, it was transcribed into a piano arrangement by Franz Liszt (S.555), a good friend of Saint-Saëns. It was again later transcribed into a popular piano arrangement by virtuoso pianist Vladimir Horowitz. The pipe organ transcription by Lemare is also popular.Eventually, the piece was used in dance recitals, particularly those of Anna PavlovaDanse macabre has been used as background music in many movies and television series, including:• The audiobook of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman uses Danse macabre played by Béla Fleck as introductions of its chapters, and the piece itself inspires one of the chapters of the book.• The TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in the mostly dialogue-free "Hush").• The theme tune to the British murder-mystery series Jonathan Creek.• A key scene in Jean Renoir's 1939 film The Rules of the Game.• Mickey Mouse Works for the Silly Symphony's version of Hansel and Gretel, starring Mickey and Minnie.• The American film Tombstone accompanying a stage production of the story of Faust.• The documentary The Road to Dracula, about the film Dracula with Béla Lugosi.Other uses include:• The Dutch amusement park Efteling uses it as the background theme for their haunted castle.• A record containing this song is used to solve a puzzle in the original Alone in the Dark game.• The theme song for a Seattle, Washington based radio show, Imagination Theater as a theme song for the "Sherlock Holmes" installments.• In theater, Henrik Ibsen uses this song in his play John Gabriel Borkman: the title character of the play, Hedda Gabler, plays it right before she kills herself.• The "rock orchestra" Esperanto titled their third album Dance Macabre, and its final track included a version of Saint-Saëns' piece.The video presents my visit of Jerusalem Old City on February 2, 2011" Muslim quarter, Christian quarter, Via Dolorosa, Church of Holy Sepalture, Sait Anne's Church, Jerusalem Marketplace, and moreTo make Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv or other Israel city hotel room or suite online reservation I recommend the following links:http://jerusalemhotels.holymaps.infohttp://telavivhotels.holymaps.infohttp://israelhotels.holymaps.infoReferenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_macabre_%28Saint-Sa%C3%ABns%29
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