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Bacchanale


 

A bacchanale is a dramatic musical composition, often depicting a drunken revel or bacchanal.

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Well-known examples are the bacchanales in Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila and the Overture and Bacchanale of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser. John Cage wrote a Bacchanale for prepared piano.

Related Topics:
Camille Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila - Richard Wagner - Tannhauser - John Cage

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