The third of the composer's pieces in a certain style, it was preceded by Phaeton, and features a woodwind melody based on the Dies irae at its center. The piece begins with h
The third of the composer's pieces in a certain style, it was preceded by Phaeton, and features a woodwind melody based on the Dies irae at its center. The piece begins with horns and pizzicato strings invoking the coming of midnight. Thereafter a single violin can be heard tuning, before it begins a bouncy melody that ultimately leads to the oboe sounding like a cock's crow and ending with rapid scales depicting the scurrying of supernatural creatures. Parodied in the composer's Le Carnaval des Animaux where the well- known xylophone section is used to invoke "Fossils," FTP, identify this 1874 tone poem, whose title translates as "Ghoulish Dance," the most popular piece by Camille St. Saens.
The third of the composer's pieces in a certain style, it was preceded by Phaeton, and features a woodwind melody based on the Dies irae at its center.