Camille Saint-Saëns
1835–1921 · 19th century · 1 melody
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was a composer, organist and pianist from Paris, best known for The Carnival of the Animals. Melody you can play here: The Swan.
The Swan (Le Cygne, 1886), for cello and piano, was the only movement of The Carnival of the Animals he allowed to be published in his lifetime. A child prodigy, he later wrote the Organ Symphony and Danse macabre.