danse macabre
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It was around this time that the allegorical artistic genre of the danse macabre, or “Dance of the Death,” became popular.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague | Scott Bixby | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe danse macabre of so many unlucky countries is a billion-dollar business, part of the Massachusetts economic miracle.
At Rouen in the aitre (atrium) or cloister of St Maclou there also remains a sculptured danse macabre.
The danse macabre itself is a subject which is well nigh exhaustless.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoSaint-Saëns has even utilized the barbarous xylophone, whose proper place is the variety hall, in his "danse macabre."
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. | Henry Edward Krehbiel
Perhaps the most characteristic of the four symphonic poems is the well-known "danse macabre."
Masters of French Music | Arthur HerveyDuring the rest of the century we find not unfrequently allusions to the danse macabre.
A History of Caricature and Grotesque | Thomas Wright
British Dictionary definitions for danse macabre
/ French (dɑ̃s makɑbrə) /
another name for dance of death
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