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Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns ( UK: / ˈsæ̃sɒ̃ ( s )/, [1] US: / sæ̃ˈsɒ̃ ( s )/, [2] [3] French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃ː (s)] ⓘ; [n 1]) (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Camille Saint-Saëns (born October 9, 1835, Paris, France—died December 16, 1921, Algiers [Algeria]) was a composer chiefly remembered for his symphonic poems—the first of that genre to be written by a Frenchman—and for his opera Samson et Dalila.
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Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.The composition is based upon a poem by Henri Cazalis, ...
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The most distinguished French composer of his generation, Saint-Saëns selflessly promoted the music of his younger contemporaries, as well as editing works by Gluck, Rameau and Mozart. Saint-Saëns died in Algiers aged 86.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns. The works are categorised by genre, opus number, Ratner catalogue number, date of composition and titles. R numbers are from Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works by Sabina Teller Ratner (Oxford University Press). Genre.
GenreOpusRFrench Title (original Title)Opera—289Opera30287Opera47288Opera—290Born in Paris in 1835, Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was raised by his widowed mother and her aunt who introduced the young Camille to the piano and gave him his first lessons. The boy was a true prodigy, demonstrating perfect pitch at the age of two.
‘I compose music’, said Camille Saint-Saëns, ‘as a tree produces apples.’ A child prodigy, virtuoso pianist and accomplished travel writer, the prolific French composer came to embody the spirit of Classicism in an era of high Romantic creativity.
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