圣一桑也写过很多自娱自乐的小作品,比如管弦乐组曲《动物狂欢节》。除了《天鹅》之外,圣·桑在世时,组曲中的其他13部作品都没有公开发表或演出过,只是在他的朋友圈里小范围表演过。这部小作品是老顽童圣一桑的恶作剧,他借用其他作曲家的旋律,加以夸张、变形、讽刺,是一部充满黑色幽默的作品。你们听,《乌龟》的旋律借用了奥芬巴赫的歌剧《地狱中的奥菲欧》的序曲。没错,就是那首活泼快速的 St. Sang has also written many entertaining little pieces, such as the orchestra “Animal Carnival.” With the exception of The Swan, when St. Sang was alive, none of the other 13 works in the group were made public or performed, except in a small area of ​​his circle of friends. This little work is the prank of the old urchin Saint-Sang, he borrowed the melody of other composers to be exaggerated, deformed, ironic, is a piece full of black humor. You hear, “turtle” melody borrow Offenbach’s opera “Orphi in hell” prelude. That’s right, that’s lively and fast