Camille Saint-Saëns (jan 1, 1835 – jan 1, 1921)
Description:
a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. He was the head of the Ars Gallica music society, of which Franck was a part. The society formed after the Germans defeated the French in 1871.Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony bears hallmarks of Liszt: thematic transformation, organ in a symphonic work, use of the Dies irae chant to invoke death.
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Date:
jan 1, 1835
jan 1, 1921
~ 86 years