@ALFAMA you proposed this work, didn’t you? Here we approach a form of experimentalism that is practically before popular music.
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Charles Camille Saint-Saens - Le Carnaval des Animaux (1886)
I’m not a great connoisseur of classical music at all, but the case of this work composed in 1886 by the French composer, pianist, and organist Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) is surely something that can be easily approached and appreciated by every type of listener. We're talking about a well-rounded intellectual who, beyond being a true child prodigy in the world of music, dedicated himself equally to other sciences, including archaeology, and especially geology and botany. Probably, this kind of interest and certain existentialist visions led him to compose this harmonious work in fourteen pieces, titled "Le Carnaval des Animaux." It is a work clearly humorous and cheerful, which some have even defined as comic. The compositional choices of an artist who was initially known for his improvisational skills sometimes revisit themes from other works and are placed within allegorical representations of the animal world in a nearly onomatopoeic dimension, a style that would later be taken up by minimalist and avant-garde composers starting from the second half of the last century. A virtuosic and entertaining work, as much as evocative and relaxing, it hints at the great spirit of the composer, who at one point presents us with a piece "Pianistes" where he also includes pianists within this delightful work, which has a total duration of about twenty minutes. I wouldn’t know how to direct you to a specific publication of the work, as there have clearly been countless ones over the years, but it obviously won’t be difficult to find. In fact. Curiosity: it was performed publicly only in 1922.
#zoo #saintsaens #neoclassica
Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) (1886)
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Charles Camille Saint-Saens - Le Carnaval des Animaux (1886)
I’m not a great connoisseur of classical music at all, but the case of this work composed in 1886 by the French composer, pianist, and organist Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) is surely something that can be easily approached and appreciated by every type of listener. We're talking about a well-rounded intellectual who, beyond being a true child prodigy in the world of music, dedicated himself equally to other sciences, including archaeology, and especially geology and botany. Probably, this kind of interest and certain existentialist visions led him to compose this harmonious work in fourteen pieces, titled "Le Carnaval des Animaux." It is a work clearly humorous and cheerful, which some have even defined as comic. The compositional choices of an artist who was initially known for his improvisational skills sometimes revisit themes from other works and are placed within allegorical representations of the animal world in a nearly onomatopoeic dimension, a style that would later be taken up by minimalist and avant-garde composers starting from the second half of the last century. A virtuosic and entertaining work, as much as evocative and relaxing, it hints at the great spirit of the composer, who at one point presents us with a piece "Pianistes" where he also includes pianists within this delightful work, which has a total duration of about twenty minutes. I wouldn’t know how to direct you to a specific publication of the work, as there have clearly been countless ones over the years, but it obviously won’t be difficult to find. In fact. Curiosity: it was performed publicly only in 1922.
#zoo #saintsaens #neoclassica
Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) (1886)
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