“I like good company, but I like hard work still better.” Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Saint-Saëns was an inexhaustible French pianist, organist and composer, responsible for the infamous The Carnival of Animals. Browse our sheet music and scores, and have a carnival with Camille today!
Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on October the 9th, 1835, and since his father died a few months later, he was raised by his mother and his great-aunt, who was a pianist. Camille’s musical talents were clear from an early age, he took his first piano lessons with his great aunt, and he fell in love with the organ at the very first note. With composition, he also started young, and was only 15 years old when he completed his first symphony (Symphony in A major), which is now very rarely performed.
After completing his studies in piano, organ and composition at the Paris Conservatoire, he first worked as an organist, but he gave up his position in 1877, to pursue his love of composition.
As he became increasingly famous, he took more trips within Europe, and to America, as well as to Africa, and it was on this final trip that he died on December 16, 1921 in Algiers, at the age of 86.
Only a few pieces from Camille Saint-Saëns’ great work have made it into the modern concert and stage repertoire. About half of his work is made up of virtually forgotten vocal pieces, such as cantatas, songs with piano, and choral works. However, The Christmas Oratorio and his opera Samson and Dalilah are extremely popular today.
Among his instrumental works, the Piano Concertos by Saint-Saëns and the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto are regularly featured in the modern concert repertoire. The Saint-Saëns Piano Works and the Organ Works by Saint-Saëns, which cover all difficulty levels, are often used by musicians as part of their professional training and development. A work of note is the Symphony No.3 by Saint-Saëns. In this ’organ symphony’, the composer uses the ’queen of instruments’ to create a special timbre within the orchestra.
One of the most famous works by Camille Saint-Saëns is the The Carnival of Animals, with which he enjoyed great success, just a few years before his death.
At first, Saint-Saëns’ musical ideas were regarded as ’revolutionary’, and were initially very successful abroad, before gaining popularity at home. It was not, however, until the late 1880s, that he was considered an established force within the classic music world. At the turn of the century, a new musical avant-garde arrived, with Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, and Saint-Saëns was increasingly over-looked, and his fame dwindled, as his music was now widely considered ’old-fashioned’.
Throughout his life, Saint-Saëns was an advocate for French traditional and national music, and along with César Franck, he was co-founder of the ’Société Nationale de Musique’, which offered young French composers a pathway into the music world. He also spend his life fighting against the German influence on French music, especially that of Richard Wagner and Arnold Schönberg.
for viola and piano
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300253
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1610642
Vereinfachte Klavierbegleitung von Philip Lehmann
dumb it down
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1681199
Zoologic fantasy
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392475
opéra en trois actes et quatre tableaux
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 227220
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1688058
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 223344
The Carnival of the Animals
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 773495
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 1303207
LKM Music
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 878032
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621032
for: 2 Klaviere 12MS
Item no.: 1668121
Extraits de la Suite algérienne
Pour Piano Seul
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283754
5 bekannte Stücke leicht gesetzt
for: 2 flutes, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 190295
und Klavier
Nakariakov, Mikhail, arr.
for: Flugelhorn, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598354
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307942
Materialien für den Musikunterricht in Klasse eins bis sechs nach den musikalischen Miniaturen von Camille Saint-Saëns
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 302673
Musik im Trio 6
for: Treble recorder, violin, cello
Score
Item no.: 1008703
original pour piano à 4 mains
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922285
for: Clarinet, piano
Score
Item no.: 691433
for: Cello [violin], organ [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 563979
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 928912
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609743
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303203
Bearbeitung für zwei Organisten
Notenheft Vol. 1 im Set zu zwei Heften
for: Organ 4 hands
2 music scores
Item no.: 1689959
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 134046
Leichte Arrangements für Kinderensemble in variabler Besetzung
Children on Stage Bühne frei für Kinder!
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 182168
für Singstimme (Violine, Oboe, Klarinette), Vibraphon (auch Crotales), Marimba (5 Oktaven) und Harfe
for: Voice (soprano), chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317190
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 208369
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383378
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 764086
for: Violin [viola], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1549190
from "The Carnival of the Animals"
for: Cello [viola], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 181163
Für Klavier leicht bearbeitet
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215444
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343549
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330278
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343551
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part (Organ solo)
Item no.: 1669218
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1666842
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343550
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 247499
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279276
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Orgel
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 473344
Christmas Oratorio
New Urtext Edition based on original sources
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 467962
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Graduated prices on request
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 187768
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764119
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764106
Chor & Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 122957
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