The Carnival of the Animals and xylophone. From the beginning, Saint-Saëns regarded the work as a piece of fun. On 9 February 1886 he wrote to his publishers Durand in Paris that he was composing a work for the coming Shrove Tuesday, and confessing that he knew he should be working on his Third Symphony, but that this work was "such fun" (). He had apparently intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer, but it was first performed at a private concert given by the cellist Charles Lebouc on Shrove Tuesday, 9 March 1886. A second (private) performance was given
Malatesta's Carnival of Blood Malatesta's Carnival of Blood Malatesta's Carnival of Blood is a 1973 American comedy horror film, directed by Christopher Speeth and written by Werner Liepolt. It is the only film that Speeth and Liepolt made. The Norris family arrive at an old, dilapidated carnival, looking for their son. Bad things begin happening and it seems to be attributed to the proprietors of the carnival. The entire thing appears to be a front, for some strange, cannablistic, underground cult, who feast on the flesh of the visitors. The film was released for the first time on DVD and Blue-ray]] by Arrow Video