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Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a tone poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille SaintSaëns. It is in the key of G minor. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, which is based on an old French superstition. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a tone poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin part. Zig, zig, zig, Death in cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dancetune, Zig, zig, zig, on his violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the lindentrees. 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.