2014 Danse Macabre

Most famous of the artworks in the Tallinn St. Nicholas' Church (Niguliste kirik) is perhaps a Danse Macabre by the Lübeck master Bernt Notke. Danse Macabre or 'The Dance of Death' was a popular medieval motif in art.
The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or personified Death summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer.

Background music to this photocast is "Danse Macabre" too, a tone poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.


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Danse Macabre

2014 Danse Macabre / 2014-02-16 : 22:00:27   

2014 Danse Macabre
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Photos location: Marker 1 Tallinn Kied in de kok | Marker 2 Tallinn TV tower | Marker 3 Pirita Convent