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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French romantic composer, pianist, organist, and teacher.
Born in Paris on 9th October 1835, Saint-Saëns was 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, George Frideric Handel, 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 Danse Macabre’ is played. This play is based upon a French poet, called ‘Danse Macabre’, by Henri Cazalis.
Born in Paris on 9th October 1835, Saint-Saëns was 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, George Frideric Handel, 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 Danse Macabre’ is played. This play is based upon a French poet, called ‘Danse Macabre’, by Henri Cazalis.
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VK1990 wrote:
Aquarium
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Harliquensfly wrote:
Is it just me or did Disney rip off the Aquarium section of the Carnival of Animals for the opening of beauty and the beast?
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LOLOL "On Tour"
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Erudite music group: http://www.last.fm/group/Erudite+Music
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Nice
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Como está, meu velho? Fazendo shows? hahahaha
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Come along and join the group Orchestral Composer of the Week. Nominate your 5 favourite composers each week and see who gets into the Hall of Fame.
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Hi 5 Carnival Of The Animals.
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de gira?
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Em Tour? xD
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ulyssestone wrote:
Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Works with Opus Number, plus two early symphonies & The Carnival of the Animals, in one chronological Spotify playlist. http://www.spotifyclassical.com/2011/10/camille-saint-saens-complete-works-with.html
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ajM7aL-Vc
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Druid66 wrote:
Love to hear this cat while actually being in Paris someday.
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Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium
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awesome fat guy!
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Impressiona de France, France, World Showcase, Epcot.
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wooooooooooow 8-}
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wonderful!
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lotharvomteich wrote:
romantic, classic, french, is very good
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jiveraptor wrote:
I think Danse Macabre is a pretty cool guy, eh rejects impressionism and doesn't afraid of anything
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