Aquarium is the seventh of fourteen movements from Le Carnaval des Animaux … Read Full Bio ↴Aquarium is the seventh of fourteen movements from Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The orchestral work has a duration between 22 and 30 minutes.
The Aquarium piece was composed of strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and glass armonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando-like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These figures, plus the occasional glissando from the armonica—often played on celesta or glockenspiel—are evocative of a peaceful, dimly-lit aquarium.
According to British music journalist Fritz Spiegl, there is a recording of the movement featuring virtuoso harmonica player Tommy Reilly - apparently he was hired by mistake instead of a player of the glass armonica.
The Aquarium piece was composed of strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and glass armonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando-like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These figures, plus the occasional glissando from the armonica—often played on celesta or glockenspiel—are evocative of a peaceful, dimly-lit aquarium.
According to British music journalist Fritz Spiegl, there is a recording of the movement featuring virtuoso harmonica player Tommy Reilly - apparently he was hired by mistake instead of a player of the glass armonica.
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@Dave-yl8rf
Camille Saint-Saëns sounds like the type of guy that would make amazing fantasy movie scores.
@valsauramaa5817
You should listen to the entire symphony :) It really is a story.
@19Edurne
Not a symphony! Not all classical music is made of symphonies...
@my2cents2u
I agree. 'Danse Macabre' comes to mind. :-)
@spectralid
Well, that is by him, and there's Fossils, also by Saint-Saens, which is inspired by Danse Macabre.
@fanfan1130
yes. Fun fact : He actually wrote the very first movie score (1909, le duc de Guise).
@saierwe
Literally all The Adams Family songs, Harry Potter and every mysterious, horror or creepy movie soundtracks were born thanks to this epic pioneer piece of art.
@Darth_Nycta_13
this and Tocata and Fugue by Johann Bach
@witktom3908
Swan Lake was composed before this.
@saierwe
witktom I'm not talking about Swan Lake, I actually don't even like Swan Lake, and it has nothing to do with what I'm talking about, but I love this piece of art.