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I bought a CD today with "Carnival of the Animals," along with a number of other selections by Camille Saint-Saens following a recommendation of a friend. Well, it so happens that one of the movements in, "Carnival of the Animals" is entitled, "Pianists." I suppose you can see where I'm going with this. Anyway, it features a pianist playing repeated scale patterns that are transposed into a new key every time. What I don't get is why is there a movement entitled, "Pianists," in the, "Carnival of the Animals?" If the suite is entitled, "Carnival of the Animals," and there is a movement titled, "Pianists," does this mean that pianists are animals? I thought I would bring that to eveyone's attention.

On another note(no pun intended), I still believe that the Ice Age II film score is awesome. It is my favorite film score for new movies this year. No wait, "Pride and Prejudice" is. But they have separate styles. One is more classical and the other resembles Aaron Copland's music in some spots.

I watched Leonard Bernstein's, "Young People's Concerts," and they are pretty cool. Even though they were designed for kids you still learn a lot and you hear a variety of music. In one episode he even had Aaron Copland conducting. That was cool.