7 АКВАРИУМ. Camille SAINT SAENS The Carnival of the Animals ( VII): AQUARIUM HQ

THE BEST OF SUBSCRIBE CAMILLE SAINTSAENS (9 October 1835 16 December 1921), FRANCE, ROMANTICISM (SAINTSAENS ) The Carnival of the Animals ( Le carnaval des animaux ) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille SaintSaëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. VII Aquarium Violin, Viola, Cello, (Strings without double bass), two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica: this is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissandolike runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending tenonone ostinato, in the style of the second of Chopin s études, while the second plays a sixonone. These