The class blog for "Music Gone Wild", a first year seminar at the University of Iowa.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
To reflect back on class Thursday when we listened to the different movements from "Carnival of the Animals" by Ogden Nash I found them to be interesting. Why do I say this? I say this because one when the professor told us that these were movements children would listen to I found that kind of hard to believe but as we begin to listen I could hear the happiness that children would get from this music. Two I saw the different levels the movements had because the music was being acted out as if it were an animal,which I think is brilliant for Ogden Nash to come up with through his music. When listening to each movement you can hear the comparing and the contrasting. But overall I would have to say that my favorite movement was "Aquarium"because it gave you such a sense of being at an aquarium and seeing the fishes run around. Not only that but the peace that this movement gave me was amazing as well it is interesting how music can effect you in so many ways.
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Venezia,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to hear that the Aquarium movement is your favorite, it is a very magical movemet. Just a quick, but important, correction - the composer of the the music was Camille Saint-Saens. Ogden Nash was the American poet who wrote verses to accompany the music. I would suggest you make the appropriate corrections, and thanks for posting.