Dance of death (music)
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Musical examples include
- Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1874
- Mattasin oder Toden Tanz, 1598, by August Nörmiger
- Totentanz by Franz Liszt, 1849, a set of variations based on the plainchant melody "Dies Irae."
- Песни и пляски смерти (Songs and Dances of Death), 1875–77, by Modest Mussorgsky
- Symphony No. 4, 2nd Movement, 1901, by Gustav Mahler
- Totentanz, Oratorium, 1905, by Felix Woyrsch
- Totentanz der Prinzipien, 1914, by Arnold Schoenberg
- Ein Totentanz (Dance of Death), Op. 37, for piano and orchestra, 1931, by Wilhelm Kempff
- The Green Table (Der grüne Tisch), 1932, ballet by Kurt Jooss
- Scherzo (Dance of Death), Op.14, in "Ballad of Heroes," 1939, by Benjamin Britten
- Trio in E minor, Op. 67, 4th movement, "Dance of Death," 1944, by Dmitri Shostakovich
- Totentanz, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, 1944, by Viktor Ullmann
- Zombie Jamboree, 1958, by the Kingston Trio, which they state is based upon a theme by Goethe involving the dance of the dead. The song had been originally performed by a number of Calypso artists.
- Dance of Death, 1964, by John Fahey, a finger-style guitar solo in G minor tuning. An excerpt was used in the film Zabriskie Point.
- Dance with Death, 1968, by Andrew Hill
- Black Angels, 1971, by George Crumb. Contains a danse macabre at the end of part one, "Departure."
- Dancing with Mr. D, 1973, by the Rolling Stones
- Ballo in Fa diesis minore (FTemplate:Musicm), 1977, by Angelo Branduardi
- Danse Macabre, 1984, by Celtic Frost
- Totentanz, 1987, by Coroner
- Danse Macabre, 1994, by Symphony X
- Totentanz, 1996, by In Extremo
- Danse macabre, 1996, by Jaromir Nohavica
- La Danse Macabre, 1996, by Memento Mori
- The Danse Macabre, 1997, by Hecate Enthroned
- Danzon Macabre, 1999, by Kennan Wylie (marching percussion feature)
- Danse Macabre, 2000, by Decapitated
- Danse Macabre, 2001, by The Faint
- La Grande Danse Macabre, 2001, by Marduk
- Dance Macabre, 2002, by Cradle of Filth
- La Danse Macabre du Vampire, 2002, by Theatres des Vampires, a track of Suicide Vampire
- Der makabere tanze des vampires, 2002, by Theatres des Vampires, a bonus track of Suicide Vampire in German
- Dance of Death, 2003, by Iron Maiden
- Kuolon Tanssi, 2003, by Catamenia
- Danse Macabre (ダンスマカブラ), 2004, by Plastic Tree
- Danse Macabre, 2005, by Wintersleep
- Danse Macabre, 2007, by illScarlett
- Danse Macabre, 2007, by Blood (band)
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