Death's violin plays while skeletons dance to the tune of a clattering xylophone.
The chiming of harps signifies the arrival of midnight, and the strings represent the shivering cold of a winter night. The instrument that represents the main character is a violin with its E string tuned down a semitone in order to create an eerie dissonance. A cock crow depicted by an oboe announces the coming of dawn towards the end of this symphonic poem. Death's violin plays while skeletons dance to the tune of a clattering xylophone. FTP, identify this symphonic poem about Death's little soiree by Saint-Saëns.
The chiming of harps signifies the arrival of midnight, and the strings represent the shivering cold of a winter night.
{Danse Macabre}