Research Paper On Camille Saint Saens

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Camille Saint-Saens was a composer and pianist that lived from 9 October 1835 to 16 December 1921( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns) . Camille composed several works of music including Carnival of the Animal. “Saint-Saëns was born in Paris, the only child of Jacques-Joseph-Victor Saint-Saëns” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns). When Camille was a young boy he was taken 29 kilometres (18 mi) to the south of Paris to protect his health. He lived with a nurse at Corbeil for two years (https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/ Cam ille_ Saint-Sa%C3%ABns). When Camille returned back to Paris he lived with his mother and her aunt (https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/ Cam ille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns). “When he was seven …show more content…

Carnival of the Animals is a fun and exciting piece that replicates many animals sounds and movements. “The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) He replicated sounds of Lions, Hens & Roosters, Donkeys, Tortoise, Elephents, Kangaroos, Aquarium, Personages with Long Ears, Cuckoo, Aviary, Pianists, Fossils, Swan, and the Finale. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) If Carnival o the Animals is played straight through it last around 25 minutes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /The Carnival_of_the_Animals) “Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed The Carnival of the Animals in February 1886” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) Carnival of the Animals was written for two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (C and B♭), glass harmonica, and xylophone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) Camille intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer but he didnt finish it untill two late. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) “seeing it as detracting from his "serious" composer image” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals) This statement tells me that Carnival of the Animals was new type of composing for Camille Saint-Saent. I do not think that Carnival of the Animals was was within his conventional compositional style. Carnival of the Animals was a fun piece the Caille wrote for his students that then become one of his most famous

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