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The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at the peak of his artistic career. [1] It is popularly known as the Organ Symphony, since, unusually for a late-Romantic symphony, two of the four movements use the pipe organ. The composer inscribed it as: Symphonie No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ).
The competition, which Saint-Saëns won, was intended as a starting point for young composers. The composer did not leave a program or other description that indicates how the music related to its title. [2] The work was buried by Saint-Saëns, who never published it during his lifetime and left it out of his own catalogue. This resulted in the ...
Saint-Saëns c. 1880 Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: / ˈ s æ̃ s ɒ̃ (s)/, US: / s æ̃ ˈ s ɒ̃ (s)/ ; French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] ⓘ ; [n 1] 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello ...
The tune was taken from the main theme of the maestoso section of Saint-Saëns' Symphony No.3 in C minor (Symphony with organ) with an added reggae beat. (In the symphony, the theme used in the song is first exposed by the strings section in the second movement; it is later also played by the organ. [2])
for organ Keyboard: organ — 78: 1857: Fantaisie en mi bémol majeur: Fantaisie in E ♭ major: for organ Keyboard: organ: 9: 80: 1859: Bénédiction nuptiale: Bénédiction nuptiale in F major: for organ Keyboard: organ — 1863: La prédication aux oiseaux, St François d'Assise, Légende for organ: transcription of the first St. Francis ...
Organ Symphony No. 3 may refer to: Organ Symphony No. 3 (Vierne) Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns) or Organ Symphony This page was last edited on 30 ...
The instrumentation bears note: whereas the Third Symphony was written with the organ incorporated as a member of the orchestral ensemble, something that would bear repetition (most famously in Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra), Cyprès et Lauriers is structured in traditional concerto form with the organ as soloist. [citation needed]
The Carnival of the Animals: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project; Video Performance of Le Cygne by Julian Lloyd Webber; 2011 recording for organ and piano combined, by David Owen Norris and David Coram; NY Theatre Ballet Children's Study Guide (PDF), featuring Ogden Nash verses