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Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre
by Anna Harwell Celenza
Illustrator: JoAnn E. Kitchel
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-57091-348-8
Keywords: Music
After visiting a Parisian cemetery, the nineteenth-century composer struggles to capture the spooky, mischievous sounds of skeletons dancing. Period-style watercolor illustrations. CD included.