{"id":7754,"date":"2021-10-10T01:15:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T01:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=7754"},"modified":"2021-10-10T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T07:16:15","slug":"saint-saens-carnival-of-the-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/saint-saens-carnival-of-the-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Sa\u00ebns)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carnival of the Animals<\/a><\/em> (Le carnaval des animaux<\/em>) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc<\/i> ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. The finale was set to comical animation of a flamingo playing with a yo-yo to the irritation of his fellow avians in a segment of the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated feature Fantasia 2000<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are 14 pieces, each one is dedicated to an animal:<\/p>\n

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  1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion<\/li>\n
  2. Hens and Roosters<\/li>\n
  3. Wild Donkeys Swift Animals<\/li>\n
  4. Tortoises<\/li>\n
  5. The Elephant<\/li>\n
  6. Kangaroos<\/li>\n
  7. Aquarium<\/li>\n
  8. Characters with Long Ears<\/li>\n
  9. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods<\/li>\n
  10. Aviary<\/li>\n
  11. Pianists<\/li>\n
  12. Fossils<\/li>\n
  13. The Swan<\/li>\n
  14. Finale<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n