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| Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835 - 1921)
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| 1835 |
Born 9 October, in Paris; son of a civil servant |
| 1838 |
At age 3, begins piano lessons; can already read and write |
| 1846 |
Makes concert debut as pianist at the age of 10 |
| 1848 |
Enters Paris Conservatoire de Musique |
| 1861 |
Teaches Gabriel Fauré at music school L'Ecole Niedermeyer in Paris |
| 1871 |
Cofounds Société Nationale de Musique, for promotion of new French music. Plays for Queen Victoria on his first visit to England |
| 1875 |
Weds 19 year old Marie Truffot, but the marriage is a failure |
| 1886 |
Philharmonic Society in London commissions the "Organ Symphony" |
| 1908 |
Writes first-ever piece of film music, for L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise |
| 1915 |
Concert tour of America |
| 1921 |
Dies 16 December |
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