Carnival Des Animaux : Fac-Similé Du Manuscrit Autographe.

Utilizing the autograph manuscript of Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous Carnival of the Animals (1835-1921), this volume sheds a distinctive light on the musician’s personality. Completed in February 1886, The Carnival of the Animals was created for friends and performers close to Saint-Saëns and was performed about fifteen times between 1886 and 1894 to a small audience. Because he feared that his “zoological fantasy” would damage his reputation, the work was published in its entirety only after his death. This beautiful, full-color facsimile includes all fourteen pieces from The Carnival of the Animals. It reveals the composer’s handwriting, all the performance directions as he noted them, along with the playful animal drawings with which he decorated his score – a fish for “Aquarium”, the skeleton of a dinosaur for “Fossiles”, the pale blue pencil silhouette of a swan to illustrate the famous “Swan”. With an introduction in French and English by Marie-Gabrielle Soret.

1 score (41 p. + facsimile); 37 cm.
Cloth

Language: Multiple Languages
ISBN: 2503581226
ISBN13: 9782503581224
UPC: 9782717727890