Camille
Saint-Saens
1835-1921
Period of Music: Romantic
Nationality: French
Instruments he played: piano, organ
Popular compositions: Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre
Interesting Facts:
-Saint-Saens was a musical prodigy from the
age of 2.
-He was first taught piano by his great-aunt.
-Saint-Saens learned musical notation at age
3 and was writing songs
& piano pieces by age 5.
-He was a phenomenal talent and was respected
throughout Europe.
-Saint-Saens entered the Paris Conservatory
in 1848 where he studied
organ.
-He was the organist at Madeleine Church in
Paris for twenty years.
-Saint-Saens traveled extensively, giving
concerts around the world.
-He composed many types of music, including
symphonic and
chamber music, cantatas,oratorios, choral works, operas
and
operettas, and also made transcriptions and arrangements.
-Saint-Saens founded the French Nations
Musical Society.
