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Saint-Saens   /sˈeɪntsˈɑnz/   Listen
Saint-Saens

noun
1.
French pianist and composer (1835-1921).  Synonym: Charles Camille Saint-Saens.





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... was the idea that only Jeanne really loved him, that only Jeanne suffered through his suffering. Now it was her voice, complaining that her love was not returned, her voice asking for love, in the tones of a little song by Saint-Saens, so sweet, so sad, and familiar to them both, and concerning which he had once said to her at Villa Diedo that he could never refuse anything to one who prayed thus. Now it was the idea of fleeing far, far away and for ever, from ...
— The Saint • Antonio Fogazzaro
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... motive; it was the itch of jealous pride that sharply stressed the difference of musical style on the two sides of the Rhine. The very influence of German music was needed by the French rather than a bizarre invention of national traits. The broader art of a Saint-Saens here shines in contrast with the brilliant conceits of his younger compatriots, though it cannot be denied that the latter are grounded in classic counterpoint. With other nations the impulse was more natural: the racial song of the Scandinavians, Czechs ...
— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp
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Words linked to "Saint-Saens" :   composer, pianist, piano player


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