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''Songs and Dances of Death'' ((ロシア語:Песни и пляски смерти), ''Pesni i plyaski smerti'') is a song cycle for voice (usually bass or bass-baritone) and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer. Each song deals with death in a poetic manner although the depictions are realistic in that they reflect experiences not uncommon in 19th century Russia: child death, death in youth, drunken misadventure and war. The song cycle is considered Mussorgsky's masterpiece in the genre. ==Songs== ''Songs and Dances of Death'' consists of four individual songs, as follows: 1. ''Lullaby'' (''Колыбельная'') (1875) (in F-sharp minor) :A mother cradles her sick infant, who grows more feverish. Death appears, disguised as a babysitter, and rocks the infant to eternal sleep. 2. ''Serenade'' (''Серенада'') (1875) (in E minor–E-flat minor) :The figure of Death waits outside the window of a dying woman, in the manner of a wooing lover. 3. ''Trepak'' (''Трепак'') (1875) (in D minor) :A drunken peasant stumbles outside into the snow and becomes caught in a blizzard. The figure of Death invites him to dance a folk-dance called the Trepak. As he freezes to death, he dreams of summer fields. 4. ''The Field Marshal'' (''Полководец'') (1877) (in E-flat minor–D minor) :The figure of Death is depicted as an officer commanding the dead troops of both armies after a dreadful battle. As the dead troops parade before him, he asserts his enduring remembrance of them all. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs and Dances of Death」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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