Danse macabre
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Danse macabre is a famous symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns that vividly depicts skeletons dancing at midnight to the sound of Death’s fiddle.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Danse Macabre | 9 |
| Danse Macabre fresco | 1 |
| Danse Macabre tradition | 1 |
| Danse macabre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10793902 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danse macabre Context triple: [Camille Saint-Saëns, notableWork, Danse macabre]
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A.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre is a non-fiction book by Stephen King in which he examines the history, themes, and cultural impact of horror in literature, film, radio, and television.
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B.
Totentanz
Totentanz is a virtuosic and dramatic work for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt, based on the medieval Dies irae chant and renowned for its dark, dance-like variations.
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Dance of Death
Dance of Death is a 2003 studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, known for its epic, theatrical compositions and dark, narrative-driven themes.
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D.
Horrues
Horrues is a village in the Walloon region of Belgium that forms part of the municipality of Soignies in the province of Hainaut.
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Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky that sets macabre, dramatic poems about encounters with Death to powerful, expressive music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danse macabre Target entity description: Danse macabre is a famous symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns that vividly depicts skeletons dancing at midnight to the sound of Death’s fiddle.
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A.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre is a non-fiction book by Stephen King in which he examines the history, themes, and cultural impact of horror in literature, film, radio, and television.
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B.
Totentanz
Totentanz is a virtuosic and dramatic work for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt, based on the medieval Dies irae chant and renowned for its dark, dance-like variations.
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C.
Dance of Death
Dance of Death is a 2003 studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, known for its epic, theatrical compositions and dark, narrative-driven themes.
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D.
Horrues
Horrues is a village in the Walloon region of Belgium that forms part of the municipality of Soignies in the province of Hainaut.
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E.
Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky that sets macabre, dramatic poems about encounters with Death to powerful, expressive music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphonic poem ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
dance of death
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linked to:
Dance of Death series
memento mori ⓘ |
| basedOn |
French superstition about Death summoning the dead to dance at midnight
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poem "Danse macabre" by Henri Cazalis ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | R 171 (Roux catalogue of Saint-Saëns) ⓘ |
| composer | Camille Saint-Saëns ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1874 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death playing the fiddle
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skeletons dancing at midnight ⓘ |
| endingCharacter | abrupt and ghostly fade of the dance at dawn ⓘ |
| genre | program music ⓘ |
| hasArrangement |
piano duet arrangement
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solo piano arrangement ⓘ violin and piano arrangement ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of the dance of death in music ⓘ |
| key | G minor ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| notableEffect |
scordatura tuning of the solo violin
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xylophone imitating rattling bones ⓘ |
| notableInstrument |
harp
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solo violin ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ xylophone ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic
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recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ recordings by the Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ |
| openingMotifRepresents | twelve strokes of midnight ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 40 ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originalVersion | song for voice and piano ⓘ |
| originalVersionTextAuthor | Henri Cazalis ⓘ |
| popularUse |
Halloween-themed events
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concert repertoire ⓘ film soundtracks ⓘ television ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1875 ⓘ |
| structure | introduction and dance with variations ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Romantic ⓘ |
| tempoIndication | Allegro ⓘ |
| timeOfActionInProgram | midnight ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | G minor ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | about 7 minutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Danse macabre Description of subject: Danse macabre is a famous symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns that vividly depicts skeletons dancing at midnight to the sound of Death’s fiddle.
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