№8 ПЕРСОНАЖИ С ДЛИННЫМИ УШАМИ. Camille SAINT-SAENS The Carnival of the Animals (VIII): PERSONAGES WITH LONG EARS HQ

THE BEST OF CLASSICAL► SUBSCRIBE ► TWITTER► CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921), FRANCE, ROMANTICISM (SAINT-SAENS PAGE► ) “The Carnival of the Animals“ (“Le carnaval des animaux“) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. VIII Personnages à longues oreilles (Personages with Long Ears) Two violins: this is the shortest of all the movements. The violins alternate playing high, loud notes and low, buzzing ones (in the manner of a donkey’s braying “hee-haw“). Music critics have speculated that the movement is meant to compare music critics to braying donkeys.