| Nationality: | French |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Oct. 9, 1835 — Paris |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Dec. 16, 1921 — Algiers |
| Near Family: | Wife: Marie Truffot (m. 1875) |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Paris |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Organist early on; later a conductor, composer and instructor. |
| Major Work(s): | The opera Sampson et Dalila(1877), Carnival of the Animals(1886) and the symphonic poem Danse Macabre(1875), his most famous work. |
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Interesting Facts: |
Saint-Saens was entirely against modern forms of classical music,
especially the genre of
Debussy. Gabriel Faure was one of his students. |
