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Saint-Saëns, Camille 1835 - 1921

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  • Author: Nakanishi, Mitsuya

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    Author : Kikuchi, Tomoko

    Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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    Camille Saint-Saëns, who published a wide range of writings not only as a composer but also as a writer, possessed keen interest and insight across various fields. From an early age, he was acclaimed as a child prodigy in piano and organ performance, touring various places. At the Paris Conservatoire, he achieved brilliant results in performance and composition, and after graduation, he secured a position as an organist. In his twenties, he gained immense fame as a virtuoso, demonstrating his unique insights into musical culture by being an early admirer ofWagner and consistently performingSchumann, who was not widely recognized at the time.

    Fauré was one of Saint-Saëns's students when he taught, and their deep friendship continued beyond the teacher-student relationship thereafter. He then co-founded the Société Nationale de Musique (National Society of Music) with Bussine, Franck, and others, and began organizing concerts with important and well-crafted programs to promote new music by French composers.

    Many of his piano works were written after 1870 and often consisted of salon music incorporating dance elements. These were attempts to revive the merits of 17th-century French music and reflected his desire to rediscover his homeland's musical traditions. In addition to leaving behind excellent works such as neoclassical compositions and variations with a scale comparable to concertos, he also undertook the publication of works by composers like Lully and Rameau. His approach to music profoundly influenced later composers.

    Writer: Kikuchi, Tomoko

    Works(87)

    Concerto (3)

    concerto (5)

    Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 1 Op.17

    Key: D-Dur  Composed in: 1858  Playing time: 26 min 00 sec 

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    Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 2 Op.22

    Key: g-moll  Composed in: 1868  Playing time: 25 min 00 sec 

    Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 3 Op.29

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1869  Playing time: 30 min 00 sec 

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    Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 4 Op.44

    Key: c-moll  Composed in: 1875  Playing time: 29 min 00 sec 

    Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 5 "L'Egyptien" Op.103

    Key: F-Dur  Composed in: 1896  Playing time: 29 min 00 sec 

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    Works with orchestral accompaniment (3)

    Allegro appassionato Op.70

    Key: cis-moll  Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 3 min 50 sec 

    Weddingcake(Caprice - valse) Op.76

    Key: As-Dur  Composed in: 1885  Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    Fantaisie 'Africa' Op.89

    Key: g-moll  Composed in: 1891  Playing time: 11 min 00 sec 

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    rhapsody (1)

    Rapsodie d'Auvergne Op.73

    Key: C-Dur  Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 8 min 30 sec 

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    Piano Solo (16)

    pieces (3)

    Quatre morceaux

    Composed in: 1898 

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    Suite Op.90

    Composed in: 1891  Playing time: 12 min 00 sec 

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    Album Op.72

    Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 22 min 40 sec 

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    etude (3)

    Six études Op.111

    Composed in: 1899  Playing time: 19 min 20 sec 

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    Six études Op.52

    Composed in: 1877  Playing time: 23 min 00 sec 

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    6 Etudes pour la main gauche seule Op.135

    Composed in: 1912  Playing time: 18 min 30 sec 

    inpromptu (1)

    Improvisatino

    Composed in: 1885 

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    variation (1)

    Thème varié Op.97

    Key: C-Dur  Composed in: 1894  Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    fuga (1)

    Six fugues Op.161

    Composed in: 1920  Playing time: 20 min 30 sec 

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    gavotte (1)

    Gavotte Op.23

    Key: c-moll  Composed in: 1871  Playing time: 3 min 00 sec 

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    menuetto (1)

    Menuet et valse Op.56

    Key: F-Dur  Composed in: 1878  Playing time: 12 min 00 sec 

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    mazurka (3)

    Mazurka No. 1 Op.21

    Key: g-moll  Composed in: 1862  Playing time: 3 min 00 sec 

    Mazurka No. 2 Op.24

    Key: g-moll  Composed in: 1871  Playing time: 4 min 00 sec 

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    Mazurka No. 3 Op.66

    Key: h-moll  Composed in: 1882  Playing time: 4 min 50 sec 

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    waltz (5)

    Valse canariote Op.88

    Key: a-moll  Composed in: 1890  Playing time: 5 min 20 sec 

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    Valse mignonne Op.104

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1896  Playing time: 2 min 30 sec 

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    Valse nonchalante Op.110

    Key: Des-Dur  Composed in: 1898  Playing time: 3 min 10 sec 

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    Valse langoureuse Op.120

    Key: E-Dur  Composed in: 1903  Playing time: 4 min 40 sec 

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    Valse gaie Op.139

    Composed in: 1913  Playing time: 4 min 50 sec 

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    bagatelle (1)

    Six bagatelles Op.3

    Composed in: 1855  Playing time: 19 min 00 sec 

    romance (1)

    Romace sans paroles

    Key: h-moll  Composed in: 1871  Playing time: 2 min 00 sec 

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    caprice (1)

    CAPRICE Sur les airs de ballet d'ALCESTE Gluck

    Key: G-Dur  Composed in: 1867  Playing time: 11 min 00 sec 

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    character pieces (4)

    Souvenir d'Italie Op.80

    Key: G-Dur  Composed in: 1887  Playing time: 7 min 50 sec 

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    Les cloches du soir Op.85

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1889  Playing time: 2 min 40 sec 

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    Souvenir d'Ismaïlia Op.100

    Composed in: 1895  Playing time: 6 min 10 sec 

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    Feuillet d'album Op.169

    Key: As-Dur  Composed in: 1921  Playing time: 2 min 00 sec 

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    Reduction/Arrangement (2)

    Abendlied (Schumann)

    Playing time: 3 min 00 sec 

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    Various works (4)

    Andantino

    Composed in: 1884 

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    Foglio d'album

    Composed in: 1909 

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    Les heurs

    Composed in: 1921 

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    Marche militaire française Op.60-4

    Playing time: 3 min 50 sec 

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    Piano Ensemble (7)

    pieces (3)

    Duos Op.8bis

    Key: C-Dur  Composed in: 1898 

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    Minuet and gavotte Op.65

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1881  Playing time: 16 min 40 sec 

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    Le carnaval des animaux

    Composed in: 1886  Playing time: 24 min 10 sec 

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    variation (1)

    Variations sur un thème de Beethoven Op.35

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1874  Playing time: 18 min 00 sec 

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    march (3)

    Marche interalliée Op.155

    Composed in: 1918  Playing time: 4 min 50 sec 

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    Marche heroique Op.34

    Key: Es-Dur  Composed in: 1871  Playing time: 7 min 10 sec 

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    intermezzo (1)

    Entr'acte de l'opéra "Proserpine"

    Playing time: 5 min 10 sec 

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    character pieces (1)

    Wedding cake Op.76

    Key: As-Dur  Composed in: 1885  Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    Reduction/Arrangement (8)

    Poème symphonique "Lénore" de Duparc

    Playing time: 4 min 00 sec 

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    Symphonie No.3 ''avec orgue'' Op.78

    Key: c-moll  Playing time: 34 min 00 sec 

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    Tarantelle Op.6

    Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    Suite algerienne Op.60

    Playing time: 17 min 00 sec 

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    Phaeton Op.39

    Playing time: 8 min 30 sec 

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    Jota aragonese Op.64

    Playing time: 4 min 00 sec 

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    Various works (17)

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    Symphonie n°3 "avec orgue" Op.78

    Key: c-moll  Composed in: 1886  Playing time: 12 min 10 sec 

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    Air de Ballet de "Parysatis"

    Key: B-Dur  Playing time: 10 min 50 sec 

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    Septuor en Mi bé Op.65

    Key: Es-Dur  Playing time: 17 min 30 sec 

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    Polonaise Op.77

    Key: f-moll  Composed in: 1886  Playing time: 10 min 00 sec 

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    Scherzo Op.87

    Composed in: 1889  Playing time: 10 min 30 sec 

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    Caprice arabe Op.96

    Composed in: 1894  Playing time: 8 min 00 sec 

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    Caprice héroïque Op.106

    Key: cis-moll  Composed in: 1898  Playing time: 9 min 20 sec 

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    Duettino Op.11

    Key: G-Dur  Composed in: 1866  Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    Ballade Op.59

    Composed in: 1880  Playing time: 4 min 20 sec 

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    Feuillets d'album Op.81

    Key: B-Dur  Composed in: 1887  Playing time: 2 min 50 sec 

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    Pas redoublé Op.86

    Key: B-Dur  Composed in: 1887  Playing time: 3 min 10 sec 

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    Berceuse Op.105

    Key: E-Dur  Composed in: 1896  Playing time: 3 min 20 sec 

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    Marche interalliée Op.155

    Key: F-Dur  Composed in: 1918  Playing time: 4 min 50 sec 

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    Le rouet d'Omphale Op.31

    Key: A-Dur  Composed in: 1872  Playing time: 7 min 50 sec 

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    Danse macabre Op.40

    Key: g-moll  Composed in: 1874  Playing time: 8 min 00 sec 

    Le carnaval des animaux

    Composed in: 1886  Playing time: 25 min 00 sec 

    Chamber Music (4)

    sonata (1)

    Violin Sonata No.1 Op.75

    Key: d-moll  Composed in: 1885  Playing time: 23 min 10 sec 

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    Various works (2)

    Une flûte invisible

    Key: F-Dur  Composed in: 1885  Playing time: 3 min 50 sec 

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    Havanaise Op.83

    Composed in: 1887  Playing time: 8 min 00 sec 

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    Chamber music (2)

    Nocturne No.16

    Playing time: 4 min 20 sec 

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    Polonaise no.6 "Héroïque" A

    Playing time: 3 min 50 sec 

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    Orchestral work (1)

    Le carnaval des animaux

    Playing time: 22 min 20 sec 

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    Lied (1)

    Various works (3)

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    etc (1)

    concerto (1)

    Introduction et rondo capriccioso Op.28

    Composed in: 1863  Playing time: 10 min 00 sec 

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