Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille)

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 Complete score of all movements
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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1922, plate D. & F. 10,154
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Large score: Dover (reprint), Broude (reprint), Kalmus (edited reprint)
Study score: Durand, Masters (edited reprint)

Parts

 Flute (doubles on Piccolo)
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 Violas
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 Basses
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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1922, plate D. & F. 10,155

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Complete Work

For Piano 4 hands (Garban)

 Complete score [B]
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Lucien Garban (1877-1959), transcriber

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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1922, plate D. & F. 10,195
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For Piano solo (Garban)

 Complete score [B]
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Lucien Garban (1877-1959), transcriber

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Paris: Durand & Cie, 1951. Plate D. & F. 13,538.

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Durand

V. L'Éléphant (The Elephant)

For Cello and Piano (Garban)

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Lucien Garban (1877-1959), transcriber

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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1922, plate D. & F. 10,217

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X. Volière (Aviary)

For Flute and Piano (Garban)

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Lucien Garban (1877-1959), transcriber

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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1922. Plate D. & F. 10,215.

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XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan)

For Violin and Piano (Composer)

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Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk, n.d.(ca.1886), Plate D. S. 3891

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For Violin and Piano (Godowsky)

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For Viola / Viola d'Amore and Piano (Waefelghem)

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Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk, n.d.(ca.1888), Plate D. S. 4912

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For Viola (solo part only)

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For Cello and Piano (Composer)

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For Pan-Flute and Guitar (Cecchi)

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For Organ (Guilmant)

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Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), transcriber

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Paris: A. Durand & Cie., n.d. (ca. 1898). Plate D. & F. 5143.

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 Transcription for Organ
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Stéphane Barast, 2007

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For Piano 4 hands (Durand)

 Complete score
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Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk, n.d.(ca.1887), Plate D. S. 4023

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For Piano solo (Godowsky)

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New York: Carl Fischer, 1927, plate 24487

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For Piano solo (Siloti)

 Transcription for piano [TB]
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New York: Carl Fischer, 1924. Plate 23351

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This file is from the MIT archive project.

For Voice and Piano (Samm)

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Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1922. Plate 10287

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General Information

Work Title Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals)
Alternative Title Grande Fantaisie Zoologique
Composer Saint-Saëns, Camille
Number of Movements/Sections 14
Year/Date of Composition February 1886 [1]
Year of First Publication 1887 (No. 13: Le Cygne)
1922 (complete work)
Genre Other symphonic pieces
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 pianos, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, harmonica, and xylophone
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Section / Movement Listing

  • 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

Publication History

First published Paris: Durand et Cie., 1922
Durand Issues
Complete Work

  • 1922 - full score, D. & F. 10,154, 61 pages
Reprinted by Kalmus, Dover
  • 1922 - parts, D. & F. 10,155, 11 parts
Reprinted by Kalmus
  • 1922 - arr. piano 4 hands, Lucien Garban (1877-1959), D. & F. 10,195, 50 pages
Reprinted Dover, Masters
  • 1947 - arr. 2 pianos, 4 hands, Ralph Berkowetz, D. & F. 13,288, 66 pages
  • 1951 - arr. Lucien Garban (1877-1959), piano, D. & F. 13,538, 37 pages

Excerpts

  • 1886 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. composer, cello (or violin) / piano, D. S. 3767, 3+1 pages
  • 1887 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. E. Hoskier, piano solo, D. S. 3881, 3 pages
  • 1887 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Claude Paul Taffanel (1844-1908), flute / piano, D. S. 3891, 3+1 pages
  • 1888 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Alphonse Jean Hasselmans (1845-1912), harp, D. S.3962, 3 pages
  • ca, 1889 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Th. Lalliet, clarinet / piano, D. S. 4246, 3+1 pages
  • ca. 1895 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Louis von Waefelghem (1840-1908), viola / piano D. & F. 4912, 5+1 pages
  • ca. 1897 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), organ, D. & F. 5143, 5 pages
  • ca. 1901 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Paul Vidal (1865-1931), cello / orchestra (full score), D. & F. 6298, 7 pages
  • ca. 1905 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. horn / piano, A. Sam, D. & F. 6751, 3+1 pages
  • 1912 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Leon Roques, 2 pianos 4 hands, 5 pages
  • 1922 - No. 10: Voliere, arr. Lucien Garban (1877-1959), flute / piano, D. & F. 10,215, 3+1 pages
  • 1922 - No. 5: L'Elephant, arr. Lucien Garban (1877-1959), cello (or bass) / piano, D. & F. 10,217, 3+1 pages
  • 1922 - Nos. 1, 3-7, 9-10, 12-13, arr. Lucien Garban (1877-1959), piano solo, D. & F. 10,221, separate issues
  • 1925 - No. 5: L'Elephant, arr. E. Lucas, clarinet / piano, D. & F. 10, 724, 3+1 pages
  • 1929 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. B. Bernards, alto sax / piano, D. & F. 12,041, 3+1 pages
  • 1940 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Lucien Garban, piano "nouvelle transcription", D. & F. 13,056, 3 pages
  • 1965 - No. 13: Le Cygne, arr. Juan Mornac, guitar, D. & C. 13,968, 2 pages
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