Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third ("Organ") Symphony (1886) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886).
Musical Memories
Discover the childhood of Camille Saint-Saëns, a musical prodigy whose life was molded by family support, delicate health, and an unyielding passion for music, against the backdrop of the 19th-century artistic world.
By Camille Saint-Saëns
On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music
Journey through centuries of musical interpretation and performance, as one man champions the authentic execution of historical compositions.
By Camille Saint-Saëns