David Marlatt

Camille Saint-Saens

Danse Macabre (Dance of Death) was inspired by a poem of Henri Cazalis: Zig, zig, zig, Death in a cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zig, on his violin. Saint-Saens great use of melody and dissonance makes this an orchestral classic, and now a classic for quintet.

Score and Parts

Danse Macabre

Ferdinand Samson Et Dalila Lemaire

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Samson and Dalilah; Opera in Three Acts. Text by Ferdinand Lemaire. English Version by Frederic Lyster

Jack Prelutsky

A great way to introduce children to classical music. America’s first Children's Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals, and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books has turned these rollicking rhymes into a picture-book fun fest. A note to parents and teachers by Judith Bachleitner, head of the music department at the prestigious Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, suggests ways preschoolers can act out the music—tromp like an elephant, hop like a kangaroo, glide like a swan—or, for older children, be creatively inspired by this joyful work.

The Carnival of the Animals

Saint Saens Danse Macabre

Provides a commentary on the symphony by Saint-Saèens and describes both the instruments used and the story told by each track on the accompanying compact disc.

Camille Saint-Saens

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