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Offline comme_le_vent

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Dances of death
on: April 05, 2004, 04:19:33 AM
what about morbid yes lively pieces?
i love these particular type of pieces.
i know -
saint - saens - danse macabre
liszt - totentanz

does anyone know any more similar pieces?
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Re: Dances of death
Reply #1 on: June 04, 2007, 09:09:31 PM
Liszt's Czardas Macabre is an excellent choice.
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Re: Dances of death
Reply #2 on: June 04, 2007, 09:24:00 PM
Wow, an ancient comme thread that no one replied to till now. Surely this must be a record.
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Re: Dances of death
Reply #3 on: June 04, 2007, 10:00:56 PM
rachmaninov - isle of the dead
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Re: Dances of death
Reply #4 on: June 04, 2007, 10:26:29 PM
"Songs and Dances of Death", Mussorgsky.

"The Rite of Spring", Part II, Stravinsky.

"Symphonie Fantastique", mvts. IV and V, Berlioz.

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Re: Dances of death
Reply #5 on: June 04, 2007, 10:32:56 PM
Quote from: retrouvailles on June 04, 2007, 09:24:00 PM
Wow, an ancient comme thread that no one replied to till now. Surely this must be a record.
One does not becomme a legend by accident.

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Offline pianowolfi

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Re: Dances of death
Reply #6 on: June 04, 2007, 11:17:21 PM
Quote from: hodi on June 04, 2007, 10:00:56 PM
rachmaninov - isle of the dead


Well yeah but this is not exactly a dance to me. :P
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