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Camille Saint-Saëns
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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French romantic composer, pianist and organist, and teacher.
Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on 9th October 1835. 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, Georg Friedrich Händel, 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”.
In a themepark in the Netherlands, called ‘De Efteling’ there’s a ride, called ‘Het Spookslot’ (Haunted Mansion). In this ride the song ‘La Dans Macabre’ is played. This play is based upon a French poet, called ‘Dans Macabre’, by Henri Cazalis.
Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on 9th October 1835. 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, Georg Friedrich Händel, 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”.
In a themepark in the Netherlands, called ‘De Efteling’ there’s a ride, called ‘Het Spookslot’ (Haunted Mansion). In this ride the song ‘La Dans Macabre’ is played. This play is based upon a French poet, called ‘Dans Macabre’, by Henri Cazalis.
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Camille Saint Saens - "The elephant"
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des Animaux - Finale
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Aquarium
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Finale
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charlesfernando wrote:
My favorite!
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hippiedrow wrote:
Is he good live? I bet his shows have a wild mosh pit.
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xErasedCitizenx wrote:
ORGAN SYMPHONY FTW. my god how much I love this piece, it's fucking incredible
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headgegr wrote:
i luv dis man and omg he is on tour
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vintage_geisha wrote:
I think Rachmaninoff is also on tour. Check it out! I'm excited to see if he's coming to New York!
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votre_devinette wrote:
Camille Saint-Saëns is on tour? How is that possible..?
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funkayy wrote:
Le Cygne is too beautiful for words.
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tolstoyevski wrote:
ilk resitalini verdiğinde 11 yaşındaymış inanamıyorum :s
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Vasilievich wrote:
Saint-Saens piano concerto No. 1 is a fantastic piece. I find Saint-Saens music to be very intelligent and flamboyant. One of the great composers indeed!
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Kai_Master wrote:
We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first music score of cinema , it was in 1908 and music was made by him. I think I'll try some music of him (never tried).
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Greenfoot wrote:
Listen to his first piano trio! Sublime! The second movement sounds like movie music.
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gulsch92 wrote:
Introduction&Rondo is the best!
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Vojta_deexs wrote:
Recently "Aquarium" has been used in "Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" movie trailer ...
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ikurasake1 wrote:
YEAH Danse Bachanalle FTW!!
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indy-kid wrote:
Top listener, get in.
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LongTallSally wrote:
"Aquarium" was also used a lot in Visions of Light, which is about the use of light in cinema.
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SophieGetsDown wrote:
aquarium is used in disney's 'beauty and the beast' for sure...(as pandaboating mentioned earlier)
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SebMiaou wrote:
love aquarium. I'm pretty sure it has been use in lot of movies, do you know which ones please?
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FaerytaleMalice wrote:
My band is playing The Elephant from The Carnival of Animals, which really wouldn't be so bad if the trumpet part weren't so boring. Ugh.
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Juanba12 wrote:
Memorable...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet - Beauty and the Beast / Stravinsky: A Celebration!
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, United Kingdom
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Chamber Music by French Composers 1875-1945, IV concert
Sibelius-akatemian konserttisali, Helsinki, Finland
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