In one of his works, the solo violin plays as if it is tuning before it is interrupted by a solo flute.
This composer was inspired by the Japonisme movement to write an opera titled The Yellow Princess. Other works by this man include a piano concerto whose second movement imitates the sounds of frogs and crickets along the Nile River. In one of his works, the solo violin plays as if it is tuning before it is interrupted by a solo flute. In that work by this man, he utilizes xylophones to represent rattling bones. The same technique was used in the "Fossils" movement of a fourteen-part work by this composer, which also contains movements like "Tortoises" and "The Swan." For 10 points, name this French composer of Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals.
This composer was inspired by the Japonisme movement to write an opera titled The Yellow Princess.
Camille Saint-Saens