Saint-Saens - French Composer

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French compositeur, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, Samson et Dalila, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, et ilSymphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony). 

Saint-Saëns was a multi-faceted intellectual. From an early age, il studied geology, archaeology, botany, and lepidoptery. He was an expert at mathematics. Later, in addition to composing, performing, and writing musical criticism, he held discussions avec Europe's finest scientists et wrote scholarly articles on acoustics, occult sciences, Roman theatre decoration, and ancient instruments. il a écrit a philosophical work,Problèmes et Mystères, which spoke of science and art replacing religion; Saint-Saëns's pessimistic and atheistic ideas foreshadowed Existentialism. Autre literary achievements included Rimes familières, a volume of poetry, and La Crampe des écrivains, a successful farcical play. He was also a member of the Astronomical Society of France; he gave lectures on mirages, had a telescope made to his own specifications, and even planned concerts to correspond to astronomical events such as solar eclipses.

compositeur (kahm pahz ee toor) -composer          et il (ay teel) -and he        il (eel) -he

avec (ah vehk) -with         et (ay) -and          il a écrit (eel ah ay kree) - he wrote

autre (oh truh) - other

Danse Macabre - Saint-Saens