Camille Saint-Saens I
What year was Saint-Saens born?
1835
Saint-Saens was an organist for what two prominant churches?
'Church of Siant-Merry' and 'La Madeleine'
By the time he was 10, what could he play?
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Who is the composer Saint-Saens did not meet?
Purcell
At what age did Saint-Saens father die?
3 months
What composer died eight years after Saint-Saens was born?
Ludwig van Beethoven
At what age did he make his first public concert appearance?
Five Years Old
How many of Beethoven's piano sonatas did Saint-Saens memorize?
32
What 2 churches was Saint-Saens an organist for nearly 20 years?
La Madeleine
What did Saint-Saens die of and in what year?
Pneumonia in 1921
What did Saint-Saens father die from?
Tuberculosis
List all five of the subjects he was interested in.
Astronomy, History, Animal Welfare, Painting and Math
What subject was he very good in?
Math
What year did Saint-Saens write "Danse Macabre"
1874
What name was he christined under?
Charles-Camille
What is the first instrument he learned to play?
Piano
What was the age difference between Saint-Saens and Marie-Laure Truffot?
20 years
What 2 ways did Saint-Saens sons die?
One from an illness and the other in a tragic accident
Where did Saint-Saens die?
Algiers
List 3 of Saint-Saens composer friends.
Berlioz, Rossini, Gounod, Schumann, Listz
How old was Saint-Saens when he learned to play the piano?
Two years old
What year did Saint-Saens leave his wife?
1881
Who did he get close to after he left Marie?
his mother
What church did they have Saint-Saens funeral in?
La Madeleine
Who taught Saint-Saens how to play piano?
his great-aunt Charlotte