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Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: / ˈ s æ̃ s ɒ̃ (s)/, [1] US: / s æ̃ ˈ s ɒ̃ (s)/, [2] [3] French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] ⓘ; [n 1] 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.
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.
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, on an old French superstition ...
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer, organist and conductor who wrote works including Rondo Capriccioso, Samson and Delilah and Symphony No.3 'Organ'. View more.
Born 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.
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third ...
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (/ s ɛ̃. s ɑ̃ (s) /) [n 1], né le 9 octobre 1835 à Paris et mort le 16 décembre 1921 à Alger, est un pianiste, organiste et compositeur français de l'époque romantique.
Born in Paris on October 9, 1835, Camille Saint-Saëns showed an early gift for music. A child prodigy on piano, organ, and composition, he gave his first private recital at the age of four and a half (reported in the Moniteur Universel of August 1, 1840), and at eleven he performed in public at the Salle Pleyel.
Nov 1, 2021 · Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, and was active as a pianist, organist, and writer. A formidable figure in 19th century French music, he composed works in every genre, including operas, ballet music, sacred and secular choral works, songs and solo piano pieces, chamber music, symphonies ...
