Description
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre – Masterful Transcription for Violin and Piano
- Product Type: Printed Music Score (Paperback)
- Brand Name: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
- MPN: 7752
- ISMN: 9790080077528 / 979-0080077528
- Genre: Classical / Program Music
- Style: Late Romantic / Symphonic Poem
- Instrumentation: Violin and Piano
- Bowing and Fingering: János Pallagi
Overview
This 1976 edition presents Camille Saint-Saëns’ most famous symphonic poem, Danse macabre (Op. 40), in a virtuosic arrangement for violin and piano. While originally composed for a full orchestra, the piece centers on the violin as the personification of Death, making this duo version particularly authentic and thrilling.
This specific publication is distinguished by the expert editorial work of János Pallagi, whose precise bowing and fingering indications help the performer navigate the technical demands of the piece—from the chilling double-stops to the rapid, skeletal passages. Published by Editio Musica Budapest, this score is a staple for advanced students and concert performers alike.
Product Features
- Format: Bach (23 x 30.2 cm)
- Length: 22 pages
- Weight: 0.096 kg
- Period: Late Romantic (originally composed 1874)
- Instruments: Violin solo part and Piano accompaniment
- Publication Date: August 1976
Interesting Facts
- The Scordatura: In the orchestral version, the solo violinist must tune their E-string down to E-flat to create a "tritone" (the diabolus in musica), symbolizing the devil. This transcription preserves that haunting atmospheric effect.
- The Midnight Chimes: The piece begins with 12 repeated notes on the piano, representing the tolling of the clock at midnight before Death begins to play his fiddle in the graveyard.
- Xylophone Effects: Saint-Saëns famously used a xylophone in the orchestra to mimic the sound of rattling bones; in this version, the violin uses specific staccato and col legno techniques to achieve a similar skeletal texture.
- János Pallagi: The editor was a prominent Hungarian violin pedagogue, known for his meticulous attention to ergonomic fingering that allows for maximal speed without sacrificing tonal quality.
Publishers
Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó (1976)
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (Hungarian)
Az 1976-os kiadás Camille Saint-Saëns világhírű szimfonikus költeményét, a Danse macabre-ot (Haláltánc) tartalmazza hegedűre és zongorára hangszerelve. A mű eredetileg zenekarra íródott, de mivel a hegedű játssza a központi szerepet (a Halál alakját), ez a kamara-átirat rendkívül népszerű a koncerttermekben.
A kottát a neves magyar hegedűművész és pedagógus, Pallagi János látta el vonásnemekkel és ujjrenddel, ami elengedhetetlen a darab technikai nehézségeinek—például a kísérteties kettősfogásoknak és a gyors futamoknak—a leküzdéséhez.
Érdekességek
- Szkordatúra: A darab jellegzetessége a félhanggal lehangolt E-húr (E-esz), amely az ördögi tritónusz hangközt hozza létre.
- Programzene: A zongora tizenkét ütése jelzi az éjfélt, mielőtt a hegedű megszólaltatná a táncra hívó dallamot.
- Kivitel: A "Bach-formátum" (23 x 30,2 cm) tiszta kottaképet és kényelmes lapozást biztosít a hegedűs számára.
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