Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
The composition is based upon a poem by Henri Cazalis, on an old French superstition: Zig, zig, zig, Death in a cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zig, on his violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the linden trees. Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds. Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking, The bones of the dancers are heard to crack— But hist! of a sudden they quit the round, They push forward, they fly; the cock has crowed.
I`m not a rap fan (are you joking me?) but I love the mix at the beginning and at the end of Truceboys - Il giardino degli dei, so I found the original track from a movie by Italian horror master Lucio Fulci : House By The Cemetery 1981.
Italian horror films have wonderful soundtracks.
A Romanian ancient curse of... love!
Pure folklore. It is still sung at the country in our lands and the celebrity of the song was brought by our National Artist Maria Tanase.
I post the metal version of the song by the Greek metal band Rotting Christ sung in Romanian but with lyrics in translated in English on the screen (and the unplugged concert version). Please ignore the comment in the end: there is no original version since it`s folklore, but is the iconic interpretation.
Maria Tanase`s version:
http://youtu.be/OaxwXOLuTUg
http://youtu.be/OaxwXOLuTUg
COMMENTS
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lordess
17:35 Oct 01 2013
Very nice. I was listening to the music and reading the words in this entry, and I could "picture" the whole thing... even with the dancing skeletons. Very nice!