Composition: Le carnaval des animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille)
| Title | Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) |
| Alternative title | Grande Fantaisie Zoologique |
| Creators | Camille Saint-Saëns (composer) |
| Opus | R.125 |
| Instrumentation | flute, clarinet, glockenspiel, xylophone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and 2 pianos 2 pianos and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 14 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1886 |
| First published | 1887 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 1200 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Fantasias |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Introduction et marche royale du Lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion) | — | — | — |
| II. Poules et Coqs (Hens and Cocks) | — | — | — |
| III. Hémiones (animaux véloces) (Wild Asses) | — | — | — |
| IV. Tortues (Tortoises) | — | — | — |
| V. L'Éléphant (The Elephant) | — | — | — |
| VI. Kangourous (Kangaroos) | — | — | — |
| VII. Aquarium | — | — | — |
| VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles (Personages with Long Ears) | — | — | — |
| IX. Le coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods) | — | — | — |
| X. Volière (Aviary) | — | — | — |
| XI. Pianistes (Pianists) | — | — | — |
| XII. Fossiles (Fossils) | — | — | — |
| XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) | — | — | — |
| XIV. Finale | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Kyle Rother |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Lucien Garban |
| view | Complete | piano | Lucien Garban |
| view | Selections (Nos.1, 5, 9, 12) | 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Selections (Nos.12, 10, 5, 13, 9) | piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass |
Patrick Clements |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | 2 clarinets, 3 saxophones, trumpet and 2 trombones | Amit Bentabou |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | double bass and strings | Fernando Angulo |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | cello and piano | Lucien Garban |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | clarinet and piano 3 hands | — |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | mezzosoprano and piano | Colette Mourey |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Volière (No.10) | flute and piano | Lucien Garban |
| view | Fossiles (No.12) | xylophone, 3 violins and piano | Matthew Dakoutros |
| view | Fossiles (No.12) | xylophone and piano 4 hands | Brian Chandler |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | cello and orchestra | Paul Vidal |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | cello and strings | Vaid Çoku |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | double bass and strings | Farid Zehar |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | 4 accordions and bass accordion | Paul De Bra |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon | Sarah Kuo |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | 2 violins, viola and cello | Elaine Fine |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | violin, cello and piano | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | — | Farid Zehar |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | mezzosoprano and piano | Colette Mourey |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | flute and piano | Paul Taffanel |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | — | Pietro Cecchi |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | — | Martin Packham |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | clarinet and piano | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | alto saxophone and piano | Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | horn and piano | A. Sam |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | trombone and piano | Peter Besseling |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | violin and piano | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | violin and piano | Leopold Godowsky |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | violin and piano viola and piano cello and piano |
Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | viola damore and piano viola and piano |
Louis van Waefelghem |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | 2 cellos and piano | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | 2 cellos | Ruud Meester |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | cello and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | cello and piano | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | harp and piano piano and organ |
— |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | voice and piano | Jacques Durand |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | piano 4 hands | Jacques Durand |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | 2 accordions | Paul De Bra |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | harp | Alphonse Hasselmans |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | viola | — |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | organ | Alexandre Guilmant |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | organ | Sumner Salter |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | organ | Michael Stenov |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | piano | Leopold Godowsky |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | piano | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | piano | Alexander Siloti |
| view | Final (No.14) | piccolo, flute, clarinet, marimba, 2 violins, 3 cellos and 2 pianos piccolo, flute, clarinet, marimba, 2 violins, 3 cellos and piano |
Gabriele Bellomia |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Durand | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Durand | 1922 | Complete Score · view Complete Score (alternate scan) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Durand | 1922 | Flute (doubles on Piccolo) · view Clarinet (B/C) · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view Xylophone, Harmonica (Glockenspiel) · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Volière (No.10) | parts | Durand | 1922 | Flute Part · view |
| view | Finale (No.14) | parts | — | — | Clarinet (B, transposed) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement |
Kyle Rother | 2019 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Durand | 1922 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Durand | 1951 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Selections (Nos.1, 5, 9, 12) | Arrangement for 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba |
Michel Rondeau | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view |
| view | Selections (Nos.12, 10, 5, 13, 9) | Arrangement for piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass |
Patrick Clements | 2006 | Complete Score and Parts · view 13. Le Cygne Original - Score and Parts · view |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | Arrangement for 2 clarinets, 3 saxophones, trumpet and 2 trombones |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | Arrangement for double bass and strings |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | L'éléphant (No.5) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Durand | 1922 | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | Arrangement for clarinet and piano 3 hands | — | — | Piano Part · view |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | Arrangement for mezzosoprano and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le coucou au fond des bois (No.9) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2016 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Volière (No.10) | Arrangement for flute and piano |
Durand | 1922 | Complete Score and Flute Part · view |
| view | Fossiles (No.12) | Arrangement for xylophone, 3 violins and piano |
Matthew Dakoutros | 2018 | Complete Score · view Xylophone · view Piano · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Violin 3/Viola (Tremble Clef) · view |
| view | Fossiles (No.12) | Arrangement for xylophone and piano 4 hands |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and orchestra |
Durand | 1903 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and orchestra |
Russia: Manuscript | — | Harp (with Violin solo cue) · view Cello solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and orchestra |
— | — | Horn 1/2 (F) · view Harp · view Cello solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and strings |
Albania: Vaid Çoku | 2013 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for double bass and strings |
Farid Zehar | 2015 | Complete Score · view Double Bass solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for 4 accordions and bass accordion |
Paul De Bra | 2018 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Engraving files (MuseScore) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for violin, cello and piano | Ditson | 1917 | Complete Score and Parts · view Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement |
Farid Zehar | 2019 | 2 Double Basses Score · view Cello and Double Bass Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for mezzosoprano and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for flute and piano |
Durand | 1888 | Flute Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Capella) · view Engraving files (MusicXML) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for clarinet and piano | Harry Bettoney | 1905 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for alto saxophone and piano |
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score ( G major ) · view Complete Score ( A flat major ) · view Alto Saxophone ( G major ) · view Alto Saxophone ( A flat major ) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for horn and piano |
Durand | — | Horn (F) Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for trombone and piano |
Peter Besseling | 2011 | Complete Score · view Trombone Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for violin and piano | Durand | 1888 | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for violin and piano | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Carl Fischer | 1929 | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for violin and piano viola and piano cello and piano |
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score · view Violin, Viola, Cello Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for viola damore and piano viola and piano |
Durand | 1895 | Piano Score and Viola/Viola d'amore Parts · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for 2 cellos and piano | — | — | Complete Score · view Cello 1 · view Cello 2 · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for 2 cellos |
Ce | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and piano | Durand | 1887 | Complete Score and Cello Part (full BNF resolution) · view Complete Score and Cello Part (monochrome) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and piano | Durand | 1887 | Piano Score (inside sheet) · view Cello Part (outside sheet) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and piano | — | — | Piano Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for cello and piano | — | — | Cello Part Only · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for harp and piano piano and organ |
International Pub. Co. | 1911 | Complete Score (with pedal markings) · view Complete Score (without remarks) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for voice and piano |
Durand | 1922 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Durand | 1889 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for 2 accordions |
Paul De Bra | 2018 | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Musescore) · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for harp |
Durand | 1888 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for viola | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
Durand | 1896 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
Schirmer | 1903 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
Ditson | 1914 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
Schirmer | 1916 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for piano |
Carl Fischer | 1927 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Le cygne (No.13) | Arrangement for piano |
Carl Fischer | 1924 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Final (No.14) | Arrangement for piccolo, flute, clarinet, marimba, 2 violins, 3 cellos and 2 pianos piccolo, flute, clarinet, marimba, 2 violins, 3 cellos and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | — | — | Neal O'Doan (piano) and Nancy O'Doan (piano) | — | Complete Performance · file Complete Performance · file |
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| view | Synthesized | — | Philharmonia Orchestra (orchestra) | Pierre Dervaux (conductor) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | — | Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero (piano) and Shawn Christopher White (performer) | For Piano 4 hands (Garban) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Le cygne (No.13) | — | Matilda Colliard (cello) and Stefano Ligoratti (piano) | For Cello and Piano | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | Nos.1, 5, 9, 12 · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | 12. Fossiles · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For Solo Instrument and Guitar (Packham) | 13. Le cygne · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For Organ (Gouin) | 9. Le Coucou au fond des bois · file |
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