Camille Saint-Saëns :: Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals): Le cygne (The Swan)
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Saint-Saëns, Camille
1835-1921
(b Paris, 9 Oct 1835; d Algiers, 16 Dec 1921). French
Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals): Le cygne
(The Swan) <1887>
(The Swan) <1887>
solo violoncello
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Orchestrated by Paul Vidal (1863-1931) for use as a ballet presentation, in which case it is usually taken much more slowly than in the original context.
The 2hn are not strictly essential, all their notes being doubled in the strings.
The 2hn are not strictly essential, all their notes being doubled in the strings.