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Saint-Saëns

[ san-sahns, -sahn ]

noun

  1. Charles Ca·mille [sh, a, r, l k, a, -, mee, -y, uh], 1835–1921, French composer and pianist.


Saint-Saëns

/ sɛ̃sɑ̃s /

noun

  1. Saint-Saëns(Charles) Camille18351921MFrenchMUSIC: composerMUSIC: pianistMUSIC: organist ( Charles ) Camille (kamij). 1835–1921, French composer, pianist, and organist. His works include the symphonic poem Danse Macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the humorous orchestral suite Carnival of Animals (1886), five symphonies, and five piano concertos
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

In between these big weekends, Dudamel led a quirky program that began with a jokey but spectacular performance of Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals,” with pianists Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner, along with animated film and enchanting narrations by Dudamel’s son, Martín.

The papers reported that she sang for the renowned French composers Massenet and Saint-Saens, whose works she would perform on the concert stage.

His phrasing is sensitive, as in the romance at the center of the middle movement of Saint-Saëns’s late sonata; this take on that sonata’s finale is more easygoing and lyrical than some other accounts.

Adaptations to oboe abound, including from wordless vocalises by Ravel, Messiaen and Saint-Saëns.

In fact, Gelb has already hired her for future seasons to sing Rosina in Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” and Dalila in Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila.”

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