The chiming of harps signifies the arrival of midnight, and the strings represent the shivering cold
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}