Camille Saint-Saens

1835-1921

In his music, Saint-Saens placed elegance,

style, and wit above all other qualities, believing
that excessive emotional expression was
distasteful.
Camille Saint-Saens was born in Paris in 1835, the son of a
clerk in the French government service who died shortly after his
birth. He began learning the piano at two and a half and
displayed remarkable precocity, memorizing all the Beethoven
piano sonatas by age 10. His great friend Hector Berlioz
remarked: 'He knows everything, but lacks inexperience.'
Saint-Saens's melodies are always beautiful, and uniquely
French in flavor. Works such as the Third Symphony and
Carnival of the Animals contain some of the most famous
melodies ever written.

Links for study:

Classical Net: Camille Saint-Sans
Camille Saint-Sans
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Camille Saint-Saens
1835-1921

French Musician
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The young revolutionary

Camille Saint-Saens
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1835

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Camille SaintSaens
The Middle Years
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Reactionary?

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