In every bar, at every point, there are unexpected and irresistible finds. From the first note to the last it is an uninterrupted outpouring of a spirit of the highest and noblest comedy. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals is certainly one of his magnificent masterpieces. We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. Following his death in December 1921 it was published by Durand in Paris in April 1922 the first public performance was given on 25 February 1922 by the Concerts Colonne, conducted by Gabriel Pierné. Saint-Saëns specified in his will that the work should be published posthumously. He relented only for the famous cello solo The Swan, which forms the penultimate movement of the work, and which was published in 1887 in an arrangement by the composer for cello and solo piano (the original uses two pianos). Saint-Saëns was adamant that the work would not be published in his lifetime, seeing it as detracting from his "serious" composer image. All those performances were semi-private, except for one at the Société des instruments à vent in April 1892, and "often took place with the musicians wearing masks of the heads of the various animals they represented". There were other performances, typically for the French mid-Lent festival of Mi-Carême. Ī few days later, a second performance was given at Émile Lemoine's chamber music society La Trompette, followed by another at the home of Pauline Viardot with an audience including Franz Liszt, a friend of the composer, who had expressed a wish to hear the work. This zoological fantasy was received with great enthusiasm. Monsieur Lebouc managed to assemble a definitive line-up of eminent performers: Messieurs Saint-Saëns, Diémer, Taffanel, Turban, Maurin, Prioré, de Bailly and Tourcy who, after a very interesting program, took part in the first performance of a very witty fantasy burlesque, composed for this concert by Saint-Saëns and entitled the Carnival of the Animals. He had apparently intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer de Paris, but it was first performed at a private concert given by the cellist Charles Lebouc on 3 March 1886: On 9 February 1886 he wrote to his publishers Durand in Paris that he was composing a work for the coming Shrove Tuesday, and confessing that he knew he should be working on his Third Symphony, but that this work was "such fun" ( ". mais c'est si amusant!"). From the beginning he regarded the work as a piece of fun. Le Coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods)įollowing a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885–86, Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed The Carnival of the Animals in February 1886. Personnages à longues oreilles (Characters with Long Ears) Hémiones (animaux véloces) (Wild Donkeys Swift Animals) Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion)
The color images even look great printed in black and white on a basic copier. You can have your students color the black and white images or simply print the "color" versions. No need for card stock - regular paper works fine. * one page of dinosaur AND dinosaur skeletons in B&W (without cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur AND dinosaur skeletons in B&W (with cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur AND dinosaur skeletons in color (without cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur AND dinosaur skeletons in color (with cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur skeletons in B&W (without cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur skeletons in B&W (with cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur skeletons in color (without cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaur skeletons in color (with cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaurs in B&W (without cut-out guide lines)
* one page of dinosaurs in B&W (with cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaurs in color (without cut-out guide lines) * one page of dinosaurs in color (with cut-out guide lines) Suggested uses.as part of your guided listening (students move the character whenever they hear that theme), as a workstation, or just for extra fun! Students can even make them dance along as they watch video clips of the song. Bring the music of Camille Saint-Saens’, Carnival of the Animals to life for your students with these cute dinosaur and dinosaur skeleton finger puppets.
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