Danse Macabre

Halloween would never be complete without Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre. When I was in grade school, our music teacher Mrs. Dunn would bring this piece in every Halloween, and play it for the class. Before she did so, she told us a tale of all the witches, skeletons, goblins and so on dancing in the night then running and hiding when the morning came. She would have us choose a group to be in and when the music started we would dance around. (I'm pretty sure I was always a skeleton).

I found the song on Youtube, so you may all listen. It has some interesting information about the music, and a French poem that inspired it! Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM