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[moonwise]

For 15 years - no exaggeration - I have been looking for this piece of music ever since I heard it at the Baltimore Seaquarium on a class trip. Thanks to the classical music station, I finally know its title and composer. Perhaps ironically, the piece is titled "Aquarium."

Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saens

The same composer also wrote "Danse Macabre." This one ought to be familiar. It's meant to evoke Death playing the violin in a graveyard to dancing skeletons. According to the liner notes, the composer's mother fainted upon hearing it for the first time.

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens

Comments

woo! great choice! :)

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love Saint-Saens. When I was a kid, I saw a cartoon that featured all the music from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, and re-discovered it on an old vinyl album in my parents basement when I was in high school. "Aquarium" is one of my favorites, too. "Fossils" was my favorite when I was little though. :)

Have you heard his "Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso" for violin and orchestra? *gush* I can post it later if you'd like to hear it!

Re: woo! great choice! :)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hah, I didn't even know that was a cartoon. To think, "Aquarium" was sitting under my nose the whole time in the guise of Bugs Bunny.

No, I haven't heard that! Post away, I'd love to. :)