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Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 2, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a symphonic work composed in June and July of 1853 and premiered in Paris the same year. [ 1 ] Background
Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony" in C minor: for orchestra Orchestral: 93: 1892: Sarabande et rigaudon en mi majeur: Sarabande and Rigaudon in E major: for orchestra Orchestral: 117: 180: 1902: Marche du couronnement: Coronation March in E ♭ major: for orchestra: written for the Coronation of Edward VII of the United Kingdom: Orchestral: 130: 1908
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 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).
Symphony in F major, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a symphonic work originally published under the title "Urbs Roma". The symphony was composed in 1856 and premiered the next year at the Conservatoire de Paris under Jules Pasdeloup. It would not see publication until 1974. [1]
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])
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
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.