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2. Danse Macabre - Wikipedia

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   The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel. The Danse Macabre (/ d ɑː n s m ə ˈ k ɑː b (r ə)/; French pronunciation: [dɑ̃s ma.kabʁ]), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.

3. Songs and Dances of Death - Wikipedia

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   The figure of Death invites him to dance a folk-dance called the Trepak. In this song, Death is first portrayed as a terror, as the fierce blizzard envelops the peasant, then as a seducer, as she speaks sweet words to the peasant to convince him to lie down in the snow. In the final section of the song, Death acts as a comforter, singing a ...

4. Totentanz (Liszt) - Wikipedia

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   Totentanz (English: Dance of the Dead): Paraphrase on Dies irae, S.126, is the name of a work for solo piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt notable for being based on the Gregorian plainchant melody Dies irae as well as for stylistic innovations. It was first planned in 1838, completed and published in 1849, and revised in 1853 and 1859.

5. The Dance of Death (Strindberg play) - Wikipedia

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   The Dance of Death (Swedish: Dödsdansen) refers to two plays, The Dance of Death I, and The Dance of Death II, both written by August Strindberg in 1900. Part one was written in September, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and each is a full evening in the ...

6. Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows) ... Dances of Death ...

7. Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) - Wikipedia

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   Danse macabre is scored for an obbligato violin and an orchestra consisting of one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B ♭, two bassoons; four horns in G and D, two trumpets in D, three trombones, one tuba; a percussion section that includes timpani, xylophone, bass drum, cymbals and triangle; one harp and strings.

8. Spain's Dance of Death shows the darker side of Easter - AOL

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   With Holy Week coming to an end, Maundy Thursday celebrates Jesus' last supper and is the day when the Dance of Death is held. Skeletons, hooded penitents, Jesus and Mary march through the town of ...

9. Dance of Death (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Dance of Death is a novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published on June 2, 2005, by Warner Books. This is the sixth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. [ 1 ] Also, this novel is the second book in the Diogenes trilogy: the first book is Brimstone , released in 2004, and the last book is The Book of the Dead ...