Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, or… Read Full Bio ↴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".
He died in Algiers on 16th December 1921.
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".
He died in Algiers on 16th December 1921.
The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Swan' by these artists:
- Saint-Saens The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
12012 There's nothing left Can you see what I'm feeling? I jus…
Anderson & Roe These lyrics This mind These words of mine They fail me some…
Barbra Streisand What are ya gonna do? Shoot the swans? These lovelies? …
Bob & Tanja By my side, You'll never be. By my side, You'll. never. be. …
Cheatahs The swan, he bleeds. His wings are still. If you take what…
Debussy/Poulenc/Saint-Saens/Satie The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
Elliot Vernon The paths we've learnt to wander All narrow, winding, steep …
George Winston You made the tears of love Flow like they did When I…
Julee Cruise You made the tears of love Flow like they did when…
Ofdrykkja Forlorn Dancing alone on a desolate shore Forsaken, like so …
Ruti Glide along the water Kicking fast to keep her head from…
Saint-Saëns The frozen rivers, taker-givers, they make you shiver Ain't …
Skyforest Once I saw your grand beauty I couldn't believe my eyes You…
Tarpit Murder your TV Kill yourself Murder your tv Slit your…
The Kelly Family Did you feed the swan? Did you feed the swan? Father did…
The Sheila Divine if you were there you'd understand my culture's frozen in …
The Swan Everybody got a dark side And dark thoughts They just might …
The Ware-Patterson Duo Lose yourself in the glow, Rise and fall, breath in slow. Oh…
藤原ヒロシ Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah We are all free now What n…
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2:00 words cannot describe how this part makes me feel 🥺
@zariz7112
i feel die in beautiful place then go to heaven
@Aurora-uj7jv
It's so beautiful
@eeeee4382
it makes me cry it’s so pretty
@ellasmye307
Its so beautiful
@depar9852
Damn,im crying
@asmo_bby8309
His vibrato is IMMACULATE
@lemsillygus
Well he is yo-yo ma
@danikaholzhauer3645
ik!! I play the cello and im starting to learn vibrato and I hop I can be good at it like him one day hopefully! :)
@amycpiano9055
Totally agree with you