The Carnival of the Animals, Camille Saint-Saëns, Score Orchestra

Saint-Saëns, Camille
The Carnival of the Animals
A Grand Zoological Fantasy
- Urtext edition based on Saint-Saëns uvres instrumentales complètes
- Parts in a large format (25.5 cm × 32.5 cm)
- With a detailed Introduction (Eng/Fr/Ger) and a Critical Commentary (Eng)

Product information:
Edition no.: BA10965
ISMN: 9790006577965
Composer / Author: Saint-Saëns, Camille
Title: The Carnival of the Animals A Grand Zoological Fantasy
Volume / Series: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Teller Ratner, Sabina
Product format: Score, Urtext edition
Comments on the edition: Camille Saint-Saëns OEuvres instrumentales complètes
Language(s) of text: English, German, French
Level of difficulty (D): 3
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Binding: Stapled
Print run: 1st printing 2024
Pages / Format XXV, 65 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm
Weight: 395 g

Description

In February 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns was supposed to urgently complete his Organ Symphony, but instead he worked on a composition that he had been dwelling on for a long time. This was The Carnival of the Animals with which he wanted to surprise the cellist Charles Joseph Lebouc for a carnival concert. Soon very popular within the composers circle, Saint-Saëns requested that the work was not to be published before his death. The only exception was the penultimate of the 14 movements, The Swan, which was published before Saint-Saëns died and was arranged in many different ways.

The special appeal of The Carnival lies in the diversity of the movements, which take a zoological look at pianists as well as numerous animals. Excerpts from works by composers such as Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Offenbach express both admiration and parody. Ultimately, it is this complexity that makes the composition particularly ingenious and entertaining.

The performing edition contains a detailed Introduction (Ger/Eng/Fr) and a Critical Commentary (Eng).

Content

· Composer / Author:  Teller Ratner, Sabina Introduction (English)
· Composer / Author:  Teller Ratner, Sabina Introduction (français)
· Composer / Author:  Teller Ratner, Sabina Einleitung (deutsch)
· No 1 Introduction et Marche royal du Lion
· No 2 Poules et Coqs
· No 3 Hémiones (Animaux véloces)
· No 4 Tortues
· No 5 LÉléphant
· No 6 Kangourous
· No 7 Aquarium
· No 8 Personnages à longues oreilles
· No 9 Le Coucou au fond des bois
· No 10 Volière
· No 11 Pianistes
· No 12 Fossiles
· No 13 Le Cygne
· No 14 Final
· Critical Commentary