can anyone tell me the peom called ''danse macabre' by Henry Cazalis?

Answer 1

Dance macabre (Dance of Death) by Henri Cazalis
Zig, zig, zig, Death in cadence*,
Striking with his heel a tomb,
Death at midnight plays a dance-tune,
Zig, zig, zig, on his violin.
The winter wind blows and the night is dark;
Moans are heard in the linden-trees.
Through the gloom, white skeletons pass,
Running and leaping in their shrouds.
Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking*.
The bones of the dancers are heard to crack-
But hist! of a sudden they quit the round*,
They push forward, they fly; the **** has crowed.....

Answer 2

Danse Macabre Poem

Answer 3

Among Saint-Saëns’ most famous pieces are Dance macabre, Carnival of the Animals and the Third Symphony, written for organ and orchestra.

What is the music about?
Danse macabre is a Symphonic Poem, meaning it uses music instead of words to tell a story. Saint-Saëns was one of the first French composers to write a symphonic poem.

The word “macabre” (ma-COB) is a French word that means horrible, gruesome or involving death in some way. Saint-Saëns wrote music that is scary in a fun or make-believe way, not in a seriously scary way.

Here’s the story of Danse macabre, as told in Saint-Saëns’ music:

At Halloween, in a spooky cemetery, a clock chimes midnight. The figure of Death appears, first tuning his violin, then playing an eerie waltz. As he plays, skeletons come out of their graves and dance to the music. The xylophone makes the sound of the dry bones dancing. The strings make the sound of the wind blowing, and the skeletons laughing as they dance. The dance gets faster and faster, louder and louder. As morning breaks, the rooster crows. Death plays one last sad tune. The skeletons scamper back to their graves as the sun comes up, and we hear the last two coffin
covers shut.

Danse macabre is based on a poem by French poet Henri Cazalis
(1840-1909).

Dance macabre (Dance of Death) by Henri Cazalis
Zig, zig, zig, Death in cadence*,
Striking with his heel a tomb,
Death at midnight plays a dance-tune,
Zig, zig, zig, on his violin.
The winter wind blows and the night is dark;
Moans are heard in the linden-trees.
Through the gloom, white skeletons pass,
Running and leaping in their shrouds.
Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking*.
The bones of the dancers are heard to crack-
But hist! of a sudden they quit the round*,
They push forward, they fly; the c0ck has crowed.

Answer 4

DANSE MACABRE



The following poem is set in a graveyard on Halloween. Working in groups you will have the task of composing a soundtrack to go with it. Looking at the poem line by line think of the sounds, pitches, dynamics, tone colour etc. that you will use.

Zig-a-zig-a-zig — it’s the rhythm of Death!

His heels tap the tombstones as he tunes his violin.

Death at midnight, playing a dance-tune -

Zig-a-zig-a-zig on his violin.

The winter wind whistles and the night is dark;

The winter wind whistles and the lime-trees moan.

Weird, white skeletons streak across the shadows;

Running and leaping, wrapped in their shrouds.

Zig-a-zig-a-zig - the dance grows even wilder;

You can hear the eerie clatter of the dancer’s bones .

But wait! Suddenly, they all stop dancing!

They scatter....they vanish - for the **** has crowed.

Answer 5

devildiceuk

If you knew how to spell "dance" you could have picked it up instantly by putting into Google this string

[ "dance macabre" Henry Cazilis ]

The word is not "danse"

Answer 6

There is some background information on this poem at http://minnesotaorchestra.org/education/curricula/spooktacular/spook_5-Danse%20macabre.pdf

Answer 7

Sorry never herad about it. but poem is spelled like POEM.

Answer 8

ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, TWO DEAD MEN, GOT UP TO FIGHT, BACK TO BACK, THEY FACED EACH OTHER, DREW THERE SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.???????