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Camille Saint-Saëns

Also known as Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, Camille Saint-Saens, Saint-Saëns, Saint-Saens

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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Paris, France

Known for

Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)1948
Those of Our Land — Self1915

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Charles
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: 11th arrondissement of Paris
Place of death: Algiers
Occupation: music teacher
Educated at: Conservatoire de Paris
Languages spoken: French
Notable work: The Carnival of the Animals
Academic degree: Doctor of Music
Student of: Fromental Halévy
Genre: concerto
Movement: Romantic music
Instrument: pipe organ
Conflict: World War I
Image: Camille Saint-Saens b Meurisse 1921.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Camille Saint-Saëns
place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery
Commons category: Camille Saint-Saëns
date of birth: 1835-10-09
date of death: 1921-12-16
Commons Creator page: Camille Saint-Saëns
student: André Messager
Commons gallery: Camille Saint-Saëns
name in native language: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
member of: Académie des beaux-arts
writing language: French
start of work period: 1853-00-00
list of works: list of compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns
related category: Category:Compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns
end of work period: 1921-00-00
P8168: Henry Cooper
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: myocardial infarction
P12674: Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
P12749: Zillur Rahman
birth name: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Camille Saint-Saëns, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Ave Maria [Música notada]

Tantum ergo [Música notada] : choeur

Ave Maria [Música notada]

O Salutaris pour mezzo-soprano [Música notada]

Suite pour orchestre, op. 49 [Música notada]

Deux choeurs, op. 53. N. 1, Chanson de grand-père [Música notada] : choeur à 2 voix de femmes

Samson and Dalila [Música notada]: opera in 3 acts

La jeunesse d'Hercule [Música notada] :]poème symphonique, op. 50

Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après La foi [Música notada] : op. 130

Six études pour piano, op. 52 [Música notada]

4e. concerto pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre, op. 44 [Música notada]

Le timbre d'argent [Música notada]: drame lyrique en 4 actes

Alceste de Gluck [Música notada] : caprice sur les airs de ballet

Concerto pour violoncelle, op. 33 [Música notada]

La lyre & la harpe [Música notada]= (The lyre and the harp) : ode, op. 57

Premier concerto pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre, op. 17 [Música notada]

Suite pour orchestre, op. 49 [Música notada]

Le déluge [Música notada] : poème biblique en trois parties, op. 45

Messe de Requiem [Música notada] : soli, choeurs et orchestre, op. 54

Tarentelle pour flûte et clarinette avec accompagnemt d'orchestre, op. 6 [Música notada]

Fantaisie pour orgue [Música notada]

Quatuor en si bémol pour piano, violon, alto et violoncelle, op. 41 [Música notada]

La jeunesse d'Hercule [Música notada] : poëme symphonique, op. 50

3me. concerto pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre, op. 29 [Música notada]

Parysatis: Le rossignol et la rose/(Saint-Saens)

Danse macabre: (death dance); I. Teil/(Saint-Saëns)

Samson and Dalila: “See my heart unlocks”/(Saint-Saëns)

The sun, she laughed: from “Samson and Dalila”/(Saint-Saëns)

Samson and Delilah: Spring awakened (Delilah 's song of the spring); (act 1)/Saint-Saëns

“The sun, she laughed...”: from “Samson and Dalila”: from “Samson and Dalila”/(Saint-Saëns)

The sun, she laughed: “Samson and Dalila”; 1st act/music: Saint-Saëns. Text: R. Pohl

Samson and Dalila: And the sun the laughs/(Saint-Saëns)

See my misery, Lord: aus “Samson et Dalila”/(Saint-Saëns)

Sansone e Dalila: “Amor, i miei fini proteggi”/(Saint-Saëns)

See, my heart unfolds: aria of the Dalila; from the opera “Samson and Dalila”/(Saint-Saëns)

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Encyclopedic overview

Saint-Saëns c. 1880

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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