Camille Saint-Saens is a famous composer from the Romantic period. His Dance Macabre is a symphonic tone poem, a single-movement orchestra work which expresses an idea or story. The atmospheric, spooky music was inspired by an old superstition common in France for many centuries. (artsedge.kennedy-center.org) Behzad Mirkhani has transcribed popular Saint-Saens' spooky theme for solo fingerstyle guitar in 8 Pages. © 2007 Behzad Mirkhani ( Irish Music Rights Organisation )