[citation needed] John Cage wrote a Bacchanale in 1940, his first work for prepared piano.
[2] The French composer Jacques Ibert was commissioned by the BBC for the tenth anniversary of the Third Programme in 1956,[3] for which he wrote a bacchanale.
[citation needed] In 1939, Salvador Dalí designed the set and wrote the libretto for a ballet entitled Bacchanale, based on Wagner's Tannhäuser and the myth of Leda and the Swan.
[4] Bacchanale (1954) was written by composer Toshiro Mayuzumi for 5 saxophones (soprano, 2 alto, tenor, baritone), timpani, percussion (4), piano, celesta, harp, and strings.
[5] "Bacchanale" is also a track composed by Greek musician Vangelis on his album Heaven and Hell.