Death And The Maiden (song)
Death and the Maiden, a concept ultimately derived from the Medieval "Dance of Death", may refer to: Drama * ''Death and the Maiden'' (play), by Ariel Dorfman * ''Death and the Maiden'' (film), an adaptation by Roman Polanski *''Prinzessinnendramen: Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V'' (Princess Dramas: Death and the Maiden I-V), five theatrical plays by Elfriede Jelinek Literature * ''Death and the Maidens'', a biography of Fanny Imlay * ''Death and the Maiden'' (novel), a 1947 novel by Gladys Mitchell * "Death and the Maiden", a 1960 short story by Ray Bradbury * ''Death and the Maiden'', a 1994 novel by P. N. Elrod * '' Batman: Death and the Maidens'', a graphic novel by Greg Rucka * ''Death and the Maiden'', a 1939 mystery novel by Q. Patrick Music * "Death and the Maiden" (song), composed by Franz Schubert in 1817 * ''Death and the Maiden Quartet'', an 1824 string quartet by Franz Schubert * ''Death and the Maiden Ballet'', a 1938 ballet by Nikos Skalkottas * "Death and the M ...
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Dance Of Death
The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of death, summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and laborer. The effect was both frivolous, and terrifying; beseeching its audience to react emotionally. It was produced as ''memento mori'', to remind people of the fragility of their lives, and how vain were the glories of earthly life. Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme was a now-lost mural at Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425. Background Historian Francis Rapp (1926–2020) writes that "''Christians were moved by the sight of the Infant Jesus playing on his mother's knee; their hearts were touched by the Pietà; and patr ...
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