Composer camille saint saens biography wikipedia
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Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist (1835–1921)
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Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (,[1];[2][3]French:[ʃaʁlkamijsɛ̃sɑ̃(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 Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third ("Organ") Symphony (1886) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886).
Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy; he made his concert debut at the age of ten. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of t
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns (born Paris 9 October 1835, died Algiers, 16 December 1921) was a Frenchcomposer, pianist and organist. He was one of the greatest composers of his day. He composed lots of music of different kinds. Among his best works are his Symphony no 3 (with organ) , Piano Concerto no 2, Violin Concerto no 3, Cello Concerto no 1, the operaSamson and Delilah and the Danse Macabre. His most popular work, however, is the Carnival of the Animals. Saint-Saens hated being thought of as “the composer of the Carnival of the Animals". He said he had only written it for a bit of fun and he did not want anyone to perform it. Today it still remains one of the most popular pieces for children.
Life
[change | change source]Three months after Saint-Saens was born his father died. Saint-Saens was often ill with tuberculosis when he was very small and this carried on throughout his life. He was brought up by his mother and his aunt. this illne
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Camille Saint-Saens, born in Paris in 1835, lived into the 20th century, dying in 1921 in Algiers. He was a child prodigy displaying perfect pitch at age 2 and made his concert debut at age 5 accompanying a violinist on the piano performing a Beethoven violin sonata. His best known compositions are Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macbre, written assymphonic poems, a musical genre he is credited with inventing. Apparently, he composed Carnival…as a joke and then became concerned it would ruin his reputation. The only movement he allowed to be performed was ‘The Swan’ which was interpreted by famed Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova, thousands of times. Three interesting footnotes to his successful musical career: 1.) Saint-Saens was conversant in botany, geology, butterflies, and math and published several papers on acoustics. 2.) He was the first famous composer to write a film score (“The Assassination of the Duke of Guise”, and 18 minute silent movie made