Biographical
How do you Pronounce Camille Saint-Saens
Cam-eel San-Son
At (0:00-0:10), the Harp's strings are plucked to symbolize what?
What are the 12 chimes of midnight?
What is our instructors full name?
Granville M. Oldham Jr
What is the earliest evidence of the story of Danse Macabre?
Illustrated sermon texts at Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425
What year was Danse Macabre (Musical Composition) written?
What is 1874
Which composer did Saint Saens most often critique
Richard Wagner
What does the marimba at (1:44-1:48) represent?
What are skeleton's bones rattling?
What does "Danse Macabre" translate to in English?
"The dance of the dead"
Who wrote the story about the superstition of Danse Macabre?
Who is French poet Henri Cazalis
What inspiration behind Danse Macabre?
What is a French Superstition about how Death unites us all inevitably.
Who raised Saint-Saens?
Who is his mother and aunt
Danse Macabre is played in A♭ Major which represents what?
What is the key of the grave, death, judgement, and eternity
What is the meaning behind the story of Danse Macabre?
What is an allegory about how death is universal and always wins in the end.
The creation of heroin, the opening of the Philadelphia zoo, and New York annexing the Bronx
What is 1874, the same year Danse Macabre was composed
What was the initial reaction to Danse Macabre by critics?
What is not favorable, and gave people trepidation and anxiety.
Who inspired Camille Saint-Saens to become a composer
Who is Liszt, Schumann, and Wagner
Part (6:00-6:22) is played significantly faster than the rest. Why is this?
This represents the undead rushing to get back to the grave as daylight approaches.
What was Camille Saint-Saens nickname i his early Career?
"The French Beethoven"
Period in which Danse Macabre was written. Fascination with death, dying, and the supernatural.
What is the Romantic Period
What did critiques compare the style of violin play to
What is "horrible screeching"
At what age did Saint-Saens preform his concert debut and what compositions did he play?
What is 10 years old. Mozart's Piano Concerto in B, and Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto.
Danse Macabre also has slow and solemn parts like (2:56-3:04). What could they represent?
It represents one of the undead is watching one of his/her loved one and feeling sadness.
What resulted in the failure of Saint-Saens marriage?
What are the deaths of his two infant children?
How has the perception of Danse Macabre changed today
What is favorable and now historic