Saint-Saëns

[san-sahns, -sahn]

noun

1. Charles Camille 1835–1921, French composer and pianist.

Saint-Saëns

/ sɛ̃sɑ̃s /

noun

1. ( Charles ) Camille (kamij). 1835–1921, French composer, pianist, and organist. His works include the symphonic poem Danse Macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the humorous orchestral suite Carnival of Animals (1886), five symphonies, and five piano concertos

Example Sentences

He also has Killian ransack his house to an aria from Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Samson & Delilah,” a reference that only half-works because no woman in here has ever betrayed him.

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In between these big weekends, Dudamel led a quirky program that began with a jokey but spectacular performance of Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals,” with pianists Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner, along with animated film and enchanting narrations by Dudamel’s son, Martín.

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The papers reported that she sang for the renowned French composers Massenet and Saint-Saens, whose works she would perform on the concert stage.

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His phrasing is sensitive, as in the romance at the center of the middle movement of Saint-Saëns’s late sonata; this take on that sonata’s finale is more easygoing and lyrical than some other accounts.

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Adaptations to oboe abound, including from wordless vocalises by Ravel, Messiaen and Saint-Saëns.

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