This composition opens with a harp playing a repeated D twelve times alternating with string chords.
This composition opens with a harp playing a repeated D twelve times alternating with string chords. Shortly after its premiere, Franz Liszt and Vladimir Horowitz both wrote piano arrangements of it. This symphonic poem was originally an art song with words by Henry Cazalis. Its end represents a cock's crow and the breaking of dawn, and the notable (*) scordatura violin in this piece plays the "Devil's Chord" and represents death. It also utilizes a xylophone to represent rattling bones, similar to a different piece that contains the section entitled "Fossils." For 10 points, name this Camille Saint-Saens symphonic poem that conveys a "Dance of the Dead."
This composition opens with a harp playing a repeated D twelve times alternating with string chords.
{Danse Macabre} [Prompt on {Totentanz} and {Dance of the Dead} before end] [AdilK]