The Carnival of the Animals
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title:
The Carnival of the Animals
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The Carnival of the Animals is a humorous musical suite of 14 movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. About 25 minutes in duration, it was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his lifetime, feeling that its frivolity would damage his standing as a serious composer. The suite was published in 1922, the year after his death. A public performance in the same year was gree
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1886 musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals
date created:
2003-06-12T17:18:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:53:09Z
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