“Aquarium” comes from a 14 movement collection entitled “Carnival of the Animals.” It was originally scored for a variety of mixed instruments. In 1949 the American poet Ogden Nash wrote a series of verses to precede the performance of each movement. Collaborate with a Drama or English teacher to select a student to read the corresponding verse before your performance (included below). You may build a suite by combining this piece with the any of the other 5 movements from “Carnival of the Animals” in the guitarcurriculum.com music library.
Aquarium
Some fish are minnows,
Some are whales.
People like dimples,
Fish like scales,
Some fish are slim,
And some are round,
They don't get cold,
They don't get drowned.
But every fishwife
Fears for her fish.
What we call mermaids
They call merfish.