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tisdag, oktober 09, 2012

Camille Saint-Saens

Camille Saint-Saens
 At 10 years old Saint-Saens could already
 play Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano sonatas.
He was an organist at Saint Séverin in 1852,
 then at the Church of Saint-Merry from 1852
 until 1857 and then at La Madeleine from 185
8 to 1876. He became a professor at the
 Ecole Niedermeyer from 1860 to 1867 where
 Gabriel Fauré became one of his students.
Saint-Saens and Franz Liszt were good friends.

Camille Saint-Saens October 9 1835 - December 16. Birthplace: Rue du Jardin, Paris, France.


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