Saint Saëns The Carnival of the Animals VII. Aquarium

Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille SaintSaëns. Le carnaval was composed in February 1886 while SaintSaëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. Aquarium Strings without doublebass, 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 f