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Artist Biography For Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 Was A French Romantic Composer Pianist Organist And Teacher.

Born In Paris On 9th October 1835 Saint-Saëns Was A Child Prodigy. He Had Lessons With Camille-Marie Stamaty And Alexandre Pierre François Boëly Going On To The Paris Conservatoire In 1848 Where He Was Taught By Fromental Halévy .

He Soon Came To The Notice - And Earned The Admiration Of - Such Eminent Composers As Charles Gounod Gioacchino Rossini Hector Berlioz And Franz Liszt. He Was Appointed Organist At The Madeleine 1857-1875 And Taught At The École Niedermeyer From 1861 To 1865 Gabriel Fauré Being One Of His Pupils.

Aside From These Paid Positions Saint-Saëns Was Heavily Involved In The Musical World He Organised Concerts Of Liszt's Symphonic Poems He Worked To Revive Popular Interest In Earlier Especially Baroque Composers Such As Johann Sebastian Bach George Frideric Handel And Jean-Philippe Rameau But He Also On Behalf Of New French Music Co-Founded The Société Nationale De Musique In 1871. He Also Wrote On Music Science And History And Often Travelled Around Europe North Africa And South America.

Saint-Saëns Was A Virtuoso Pianist And A Prolific Composer. His Best-Known Work Among General Audience Is Le Carnaval Des Animaux 1886 Though He Forbade Performances Of It In His Lifetime Apart From "Le Cygne".

He Died In Algiers On 16th December 1921. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

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Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse MacabreCamille Saint SaënsDanse Macabre first Performed In 1875 Is The Name Of Opus 40 By French Composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The Composition Is ...
Camille Saint-Saëns - La Danse MacabreCamille Saint Saëns"La Danse Macabre" De Camille Saint-Saëns Les Clefs De L'orchestre De Jean-François Zygel Avec L'Orchestre Philharmonique ...
Camille Saint-Saëns - AquariumCamille Saint SaënsLe Carnaval Des Animaux The Carnival Of The Animals Is A Musical Suite Of Fourteen Movements By The French Romantic ...
Saint-Saëns - Danse MacabreCamille Saint SaënsSaint-Saëns - Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Arr. F. Liszt Spotify: Apple Music: ...
Camille Saint-Saëns - The SwanCamille Saint SaënsLe Carnaval Des Animaux The Carnival Of The Animals Is A Musical Suite Of Fourteen Movements By The French Romantic ...
Camille Saint-Saëns The ElephantCamille Saint SaënsCamille Saint Saëns The Elephant From The Carnival Of Animals. Played By Zoltán Bíró. Recorded In Budapest, On 29th, ...
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre Op. 40Camille Saint SaënsProvided To YouTube By Universal Music Group Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40 · Philharmonia Orchestra · Charles Dutoit ...
The Swan - Saint-Saëns Extended 1 HourCamille Saint SaënsThe Extended And Slowed Down Version Of Camille Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" From "The Carnival Of The Animals", A Suite In ...
Saint-Saëns - Danse MacabreCamille Saint SaënsDanse Macabre, Op. 40, Is A Tone Poem For Orchestra, Written In 1874 By French Composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It Started Out In ...
Camille Saint-Saëns The Swan | CouloirCamille Saint SaënsCouloir, The Cello And Harp Duo Of Ariel Barnes And Heidi Krutzen, Performs The Swan From The Carnival Of The Animals By ...
Saint-Saëns The Man And His MusicCamille Saint SaënsHow Well Do We Know Camille Saint-Saëns? Cellist Steven Isserlis And Musicologist Flora Willson Dig Beneath The Historical ...
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