{"id":280,"date":"2021-01-18T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/lessons\/about-the-carnival-of-the-animals-musc\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:08:19","slug":"about-the-carnival-of-the-animals-musc","status":"publish","type":"mpcs-lesson","link":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/courses\/carnival-of-the-animals\/lessons\/about-the-carnival-of-the-animals-musc\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Carnival of the Animals music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Carnival of the Animals<\/em> is an orchestral suite of pieces written about animals, intended as a musical joke for Shrove Tuesday. This is the day Carnival is celebrated in Paris (like Mardi Gras in New Orleans), as the last big party before Lent, when the party-goers dressed in elaborate costumes, animal masks, outlandish hats and more. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mardi-285792_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mardi Gras carnival<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>This work is an excellent example of program music, or music written to convey an idea, an image, or a character. Program music is the opposite of absolute or pure music, where the composer has no descriptive intent or specific meaning to convey in his music. In <em>Carnival of the Animals<\/em>, St.-Sa\u00ebns brings alive the character, movement, and sounds of the animals with such wit and clarity that this work has become one of the greatest of children\u2019s classics.<\/p><p>Fun fact: St.-Sa\u00ebns never allowed this composition to be published during his lifetime, though he shared it with his friends and students in private performances. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","mpcs-curriculum-categories":[],"mpcs-curriculum-tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","mpcs-lesson","type-mpcs-lesson","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-lesson\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mpcs-lesson"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mpcs-curriculum-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-curriculum-categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"mpcs-curriculum-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learninggorounds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-curriculum-tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}