Camille Saint-Saens

Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, pianist, and organist whose long career bridged Romantic style and modern French music. His major works include The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, and the Organ Symphony. His music is known for clarity, elegance, virtuosity, and a strong sense of instrumental color.

5 articles related to Camille Saint-Saens:

Xylophone

Danse Macabre: skeletal images in Saint Saens' iconic xylophone

The concept of the Danse Macabre (literally meaning the Dance of Death) dates back to the Medieval period when European...
Music Theory

Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras

From Middle Ages to modernity, Western music has been largely based on diatonic scales that organize seven notes into... 4 comments
Nature Sounds

Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

It is no coincidence that the sounds emitted by birds are known in many languages as "songs", rather than simple animal... 1 comment
Classical Guitar

Enrique Granados' dramatic voyage was cut short by a German U-boat

Pantaléon Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña was one of the greatest pianists and composers of the Romantic period who...
ORCHESTRA

Saint-Saëns' French horn Romance in hand-free performance

Camille Saint-Saëns was an anomaly among French composers of the 19th century due to his proficiency in writing for all...