The Carnival of the Animals Suite by Saint-Saëns

The Carnival of the Animals Suite

Composer: Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Work title: The Carnival of the Animals Suite ( from Le carnaval des animaux, 1886)
Type of composition: Suite of Pieces
Movements/sections: 6
1. Lion's Royal March: chromatic scales & chords
2. Hens and Roosters: spiccato bowing & acciaccaturas
3. The Elephant: high positions on the G and D strings
4. Personages with long ears: slides to harmonics
5. Fossils: shifts (and find the 6 musical quotations in it!)
6. The Swan: legato, tone and vibrato

Number of pages: 11 + 14 (Score + Parts)
Arrangement: Violin Duet

Viola Duet version here.

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