The carnival of the animals

"The Carnival of the Animals" is a suite in 14 movements composed in 1886 during Saint-Saëns' vacation in an Austrian village. It is a humorous composition in the form of a musical collage of works by the author himself and old French songs or well-known pieces such as the Can-can designed to be performed at a carnival party, since the characters are various animals: lions, turtles , elephants, chickens, kangaroos At the request of Saint-Saëns, it was released after his death and became one of his most successful works. Author: Abad, José Antonio | Illustrator: Vaz De Carvalho, Joao