DANSE DANSE MACABREMACABRE

SAINT-SAËNSSAINT-SAËNS

The clock strikes 12.The clock strikes 12.It is midnight.It is midnight.

Played by the harp.

Death tunes its violinDeath tunes its violin

Skeleton ThemeSkeleton ThemeThe Dance BeginsThe Dance Begins

FluteFlute

GHOST THEMEGHOST DANCE

SOLO VIOLIN

SKELETON THEME SKELETON THEME CONTINUESCONTINUES

FluteFlute

TRIANGLETRIANGLE

GHOST THEME CONTINUESGHOST THEME CONTINUES

THE DANCE CONTINUESSKELETONS RATTLE

Xylophones

GHOST THEME

GHOSTS FORM PATTERNS IN THE NIGHT

PLAYED BY STRINGS

SONG OF THE WITCHES

WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

DEATH PLAYS A MELANCHOLY SOLO

VIOLIN WITH HARP ACCOMPIANMENT

SKELETONS LAUGHEXUBERANTLY

VARIATION ON SKELETON THEME

PLAYED BY LOW STRINGS

THE DANCE BECOMES WILDGHOST THEME

TROMBONE + STRING INSTRUMENTS

WITCHES FLY HIGH ABOVE THE GRUESOME SCENE

STRING INSTRUMENTS

Death tunes it’s violin again Death tunes it’s violin again and plays a soloand plays a solo

THEN THE WIND BEGINS THEN THE WIND BEGINS TO HOWL TO HOWL

SKELETONS AND GHOSTS SKELETONS AND GHOSTS DANCE TOGETHERDANCE TOGETHER

GHOST THEME: BRASSGHOST THEME: BRASS

SKELETON THEME: STRINGSSKELETON THEME: STRINGS

THE EERIE SCENE BECOMES THE EERIE SCENE BECOMES DEMENTEDDEMENTED

SUDDENLY THE COCK CROWSSUDDENLY THE COCK CROWS

OBOEOBOE

THE DANCERS SLIP QUICKLY THE DANCERS SLIP QUICKLY BACK INTO THEIR GRAVESBACK INTO THEIR GRAVES

DAYBREAK……EVERYTHING DAYBREAK……EVERYTHING RETURNS TO REALITYRETURNS TO REALITY

VIOLIN PLAYS A NEW THEMEVIOLIN PLAYS A NEW THEME