Camille Saint-Saëns – “Danse macabre,” op. 40 – Guitar Transcription
Arranged and performed by Emre Sabuncuoglu. Copyright © 2012 Los Angeles Guitar Academy Publishing. All rights reserved.
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A piece of contrasts, the Danse macabre depicts skeletons, who, on Halloween, come out of their graves for a carefree romp amid the graveyard. Death calls them to the dance, the solemn undertone of his music reminding them that all must return to the earth at the end of this night of earthly pleasures. They seem to glide over the autumn frost, their bones cracking, yet waltzing and cavorting with nary a care.
Fiddling with Death takes its toll, however, and at sunrise of All Saints’ Day, the skeletons climb back into their tombs for yet another year as the rooster crows, a sure reminder to those among the living that their turn will come.
Fiddling with death also took its toll on Saint-Saëns at the box office. Its dissonance, chilling percussion, and thematic material turned off its first audiences, whose brushes with death occurred with regularity. The fear of war, coupled with a high mortality rate from disease and accidents consumed the lives of many concertgoers of the late 19th century, who went to the concert hall to escape their cares.
Its first incarnation was as a song which set to music a poem by Henri Cazalis about the French tradition in which the dead arise from the grave each Halloween to enjoy earthly pleasures. Similar traditions are found around the world. This poem, though, captures the grim reality of mortal life in its final lines, “Oh what a beautiful night for the poor world! Long live death and equality!” (Quotation cited from Wikipedia)
Death, the reality that even the very rich and famous cannot evade, came to Saint-Saëns just a few years after the premiere of this work. After having married one year after its premiere in 1875, Saint-Saëns fathered two boys, who both met their deaths in three short years of life. This tragedy eventually led to the composer walking out of his marriage, never to return.
What he lacked in family life, Saint-Saëns achieved in his professional career. As a world-renowned as a composer, lecturer, and conductor, he traveled throughout the world, introducing audiences in both the concert hall and in the new film industry to his work. He eventually earned the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur, one of the highest honors for a French citizen.
As for the “Danse macabre,” its popularity grew. Its chilling tones, merging with the festive, whirling waltz rhythm continues to entice audiences to this day.
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Originally posted by UC3eQeaR786C8HCGFMqtCUSw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAJFlzY4EMM
Complete list of Dr. Emre's Saint-Saëns arrangements: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18tTu-0TnfrKvPPPBeoGx2OB-g7Pk-TE
Idk why I always loved this song as kid, there's smt really eerie and mystical about it that scared me
fantastic
have you got a tab of this
Hey brother and the tutorial?
People… how are you…? I recently bought (for the first time) online a sheet music (Danse Macabre) in LAGA… and I was really pleased… I received a 100% professional job. I recommend it without any reservations. Greetings…!!!
Where can I find the tablature or sheet music?
Beautiful rendition of this piece. ????
Necesito un tutorial de como aprender esta canción y no lo encuentro????
Freaking awesome dude!!!
Brilliant
Só eu que lembrei de gato de botas? (Você toca muito bem!!)
tutorial?
Great arrangement by Dr Emre! Bought the arrangement, and is really fun to play!
me encanto 🙂
Exelent, beutiful
A este men le dicen el Van der Meer de los clasicos
Emre Hocam merhaba! Finger style klasik gitar yorumlarına olan merakım nedeniyle kanalınızı buldum. Yorumlarınızı cok beğeniyorum. Bilhassa da bunu. Sonra fark ettim ki sizi bir yerlerden tanıyorum. İnternette biraz araştırınca çıkardım: ODTÜ Matematik Calculus Recitation asistanıydıniz. 20 sene olmuştur. Kendinize iyi bakin!
Amazing piece. Never thought I would see that for guitar. Purchased sheet and cross fingers xDD
I bought this sheet music time ago and i had too much fun learning it, great transcription for the left hand. I am amazed at Emre's ability to be a great arranger and performer. He is ,without a doubt, a genius of this instrument.
To the people saying this is impossible, it's not, it's super easy, you just have to invoke the devil, that's why you're supposed to play those tritones
Amazing!
Hi Emre, big admirwr of your work and arrangements.
how much practice time do you usually have to be able to execute a piece of this level?
At 0.5x speed this is terrifying????
Beautiful ❤️
Brilliant
I NEED to learn this
Superb, just superb.
My fingers just broke 7 times inside just by watching this
This is by far the best arrangement. The notation is spot on! A great deal of fun to play! 🙂 Nice work!
jacksepticeye happy wheels
What is going through your mind when you dislike this?
Very hard to play, but when it comes it's magic
This song means dancing gruesome death >_>
Hermoso ????????
Tabs?
so fcng great!
Wowww, sounded like the original
Thats cool and all, but can you do the F bar chord? sees him do it
😮 no way
Es simplemente perfecto
Loool wtf con esos cambios de acordes.
Esta increible la interpretacion de esta pieza classica de Saint Saens.
This is beyond brilliant, very good technical play and a very difficult piece. Beautiful!!!
What is the strumming technique he uses from 0:08 – 0:11 ?
Beste Besten!
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