Camille Saint-Saens
BORN: October 9th- 1835
DIED: December 16th- 1921
Early
Years
Born in Paris,
France
Raised by mother
and aunt
Aunt taught him
to play piano at 2
years old
Wrote 1st piece of
music at 2 ½
years old
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 When he was 5 years-old he
gave his first piano performance
 He also liked science, writing
poetry and writing about music
 He also played the organ
 He wrote his first symphony at
age 16
Some
Musical
Works
-The Lion
-Hens and Roosters
- The Mules
- The Tortoise
 Danse Macabre
 Samson and Delilah- Bacchanal
 Carnival of the Animals- written
as a musical joke.
 He forbid ‘Carnival of the
Animals’ to be performed in it’s
-The Elephant
entirety during his lifetime. He
-The Kangaroos
only allowed the performance of
- The Aquarium
‘The Swan’.
-The Animals with Long Ears
-The Cuckoo
-The Birds
- The Pianists
-The Fossils
-The Swan
-The Finale