danse macabre

[ French dahns ma-ka-bruh ]

noun

1. dance of death.

danse macabre

/ dɑ̃s makɑbrə /

noun

1. See dance of death
   another name for dance of death

Word History and Origins

Origin of danse macabre¹

From French

Example Sentences

It was around this time that the allegorical artistic genre of the Danse Macabre, or “Dance of the Death,” became popular.

From The Daily Beast

The danse macabre of so many unlucky countries is a billion-dollar business, part of the Massachusetts economic miracle.

From The Daily Beast

At Rouen in the aitre (atrium) or cloister of St Maclou there also remains a sculptured danse macabre.

From Project Gutenberg

The Danse Macabre itself is a subject which is well nigh exhaustless.

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Saint-Saëns has even utilized the barbarous xylophone, whose proper place is the variety hall, in his "Danse Macabre."

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Perhaps the most characteristic of the four symphonic poems is the well-known "Danse Macabre."

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During the rest of the century we find not unfrequently allusions to the Danse Macabre.

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