Camille saint -Saens carnival of the animals


1) Saint -Saens wrote this as a comedic piece and one of the reasons given for this is ?


2) why do you think that “hens and roosters “ sound like chickens ? What musical things does saint -seans use to give that illusion

3) what were the two things that were potentially referenced in “ characters with long ears”?

4) What were at least 2 of that “fossils “ quoted