DANSE MACABRE

SAINT-SANS
The clock strikes 12.
It is midnight.
Played by the
harp.
Death tunes its violin
Skeleton Theme
The Dance Begins








Flute
GHOST THEME
GHOST DANCE

SOLO VIOLIN
SKELETON THEME
CONTINUES








Flute
TRIANGLE
GHOST THEME CONTINUES
THE DANCE CONTINUES
SKELETONS RATTLE



Xylophones
GHOST THEME
GHOSTS FORM PATTERNS IN THE NIGHT







PLAYED BY STRINGS
SONG OF THE WITCHES










WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS
DEATH PLAYS A
MELANCHOLY SOLO









VIOLIN WITH HARP ACCOMPIANMENT
SKELETONS LAUGH
EXUBERANTLY
VARIATION ON SKELETON THEME









PLAYED BY LOW STRINGS
THE DANCE BECOMES WILD
GHOST THEME













TROMBONE + STRING INSTRUMENTS
WITCHES FLY HIGH ABOVE THE
GRUESOME SCENE










STRING INSTRUMENTS
Death tunes its violin again
and plays a solo
THEN THE WIND BEGINS
TO HOWL
SKELETONS AND GHOSTS
DANCE TOGETHER






GHOST THEME: BRASS
SKELETON THEME: STRINGS
THE EERIE SCENE BECOMES
DEMENTED
SUDDENLY THE COCK CROWS
OBOE
THE DANCERS SLIP QUICKLY
BACK INTO THEIR GRAVES
DAYBREAKEVERYTHING
RETURNS TO REALITY
VIOLIN PLAYS A NEW THEME