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Danse Macabre is a late-medieval allegory of the universality of death.
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Danse Macabre or Dance Macabre may also refer to:
Danse Macabre is a late-medieval allegory of the universality of death.
Danse Macabre or Dance Macabre may also refer to:
The Danse Macabre, also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
Revelation, in religion and theology, is the act of revealing through communication with supernatural entities.
Resurrection refers to the coming back to life of the dead.
Life is the characteristic that distinguishes organisms from inorganic substances and dead objects.
Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It premiered 24 January 1875. It is in the key of G minor. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, based on the play Danza macàbra by Camillo Antona-Traversi. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a symphonic poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin part.
Danse Macabre is a 1981 non-fiction book by Stephen King, about horror fiction in print, TV, radio, film and comics, and the influence of contemporary societal fears and anxieties on the genre. When the book was republished King included a new Forenote dated June 1983. And when the book was republished on February 23, 2010, it included an additional new forenote in the form of a longer essay entitled "What's Scary".
Damned or The Damned may refer to:
After may refer to:
Africa is the world's second largest continent.
Harvest is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields.
Fear is an emotion that arises from the perception of danger.
In works of art, the adjective macabre means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere". The macabre works to emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in nature.
Carnival is a festive season occurring immediately before Lent.
A sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship.
Twilight is the time of day before sunrise or after sunset.
Silence is the lack of audible sound.
Hunger is a prolonged condition in which insufficient amounts of food are available.
Dance of the Dead may refer to:
The Promised Land is the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. In modern contexts it is an idea related to the restored homeland for the Jewish people and the concepts of salvation and liberation.
Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, is a late-medieval allegory of the universality of death.