Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792579 Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Elliot Chasanov. 20th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 63 pages. Gordon Cherry #5010171. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792579). Danse Macabre is a tone poem for orchestra written in 1874. According to legend, Death appears at midnight every year on Halloween. The Dead come out of their graves to dance till dawn when the cock crows and they return to their graves until the next year. Mr. Chasanov has done a hair-raising job of scoring his 3-minute arrangement for 10-piece Brass Ensemble of 4 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones and 2 Tubas for advanced performers.
