Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist (1835–1921)
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Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist who lived from 1835 to 1921 and became one of the major musical figures of his era. His work spans multiple genres and his technical mastery across several instruments made him an influential force in 19th-century classical music.
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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. <a href="http
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Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns ( UK: /ˈsæ̃sɒ̃(s)/, US: /sæ̃ˈsɒ̃(s)/; French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] 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).
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