The Swan (original: Le Cygne) is the 13th and penultimate movement of The C… Read Full Bio ↴The Swan (original: Le Cygne) is the 13th and penultimate movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Originally scored for solo cello accompanied by two pianos, it has been arranged and transcribed for many instruments but remains best known as a cello solo.
The piece is in 6/4 time, with a key signature of G major and a tempo marking andantino grazioso. The slow cello melody is accompanied by almost constant broken chord figurations on the pianos. When performed as a separate movement, not in the context of The Carnival, The Swan is frequently played with accompaniment on only one piano. Because of its slow tempo and mostly legato performance indications, the movement is suitable for performance on the theremin.
In dance, The Swan is often known as The Dying Swan, after a poem by Tennyson. Inspired by swans that she had seen in public parks, Anna Pavlova worked with choreographer Michel Fokine, who had read the poem, to create the famous 1905 solo ballet dance which is now closely associated with this music. According to tradition, the swan in Pavlova's dance is badly injured and dying. However, Maya Plisetskaya re-interpreted the swan simply as elderly and stubbornly resisting the effects of aging; much like herself (she performed The Swan at a gala on her 70th birthday). Eventually the piece came to be considered one of Pavlova's trademarks
The piece is in 6/4 time, with a key signature of G major and a tempo marking andantino grazioso. The slow cello melody is accompanied by almost constant broken chord figurations on the pianos. When performed as a separate movement, not in the context of The Carnival, The Swan is frequently played with accompaniment on only one piano. Because of its slow tempo and mostly legato performance indications, the movement is suitable for performance on the theremin.
In dance, The Swan is often known as The Dying Swan, after a poem by Tennyson. Inspired by swans that she had seen in public parks, Anna Pavlova worked with choreographer Michel Fokine, who had read the poem, to create the famous 1905 solo ballet dance which is now closely associated with this music. According to tradition, the swan in Pavlova's dance is badly injured and dying. However, Maya Plisetskaya re-interpreted the swan simply as elderly and stubbornly resisting the effects of aging; much like herself (she performed The Swan at a gala on her 70th birthday). Eventually the piece came to be considered one of Pavlova's trademarks
The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns Lyrics
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- Saint-Saens The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
12012 There's nothing left Can you see what I'm feeling? I jus…
Anderson & Roe These lyrics This mind These words of mine They fail me some…
Barbra Streisand What are ya gonna do? Shoot the swans? These lovelies? …
Bob & Tanja By my side, You'll never be. By my side, You'll. never. be. …
Cheatahs The swan, he bleeds. His wings are still. If you take what…
Debussy/Poulenc/Saint-Saens/Satie The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
Elliot Vernon The paths we've learnt to wander All narrow, winding, steep …
George Winston You made the tears of love Flow like they did When I…
Julee Cruise You made the tears of love Flow like they did when…
Ofdrykkja Forlorn Dancing alone on a desolate shore Forsaken, like so …
Ruti Glide along the water Kicking fast to keep her head from…
Saint-Saëns The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
Skyforest Once I saw your grand beauty I couldn't believe my eyes You…
Tarpit Murder your TV Kill yourself Murder your tv Slit your…
The Kelly Family Did you feed the swan? Did you feed the swan? Father did…
The Sheila Divine if you were there you'd understand my culture's frozen in …
The Swan Everybody got a dark side And dark thoughts They just might …
The Ware-Patterson Duo Lose yourself in the glow, Rise and fall, breath in slow. Oh…
藤原ヒロシ Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah We are all free now What n…
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@-maya-6498
2:00 words cannot describe how this part makes me feel 🥺
@zariz7112
i feel die in beautiful place then go to heaven
@Aurora-uj7jv
It's so beautiful
@eeeee4382
it makes me cry it’s so pretty
@ellasmye307
Its so beautiful
@depar9852
Damn,im crying
@asmo_bby8309
His vibrato is IMMACULATE
@lemsillygus
Well he is yo-yo ma
@danikaholzhauer3645
ik!! I play the cello and im starting to learn vibrato and I hop I can be good at it like him one day hopefully! :)
@amycpiano9055
Totally agree with you