Camille Saint-Saëns
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Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, the Second Piano Concerto, the
Saint-Saëns c. 1880
The rue du Jardinet, site of Saint-Saëns's birthplace
Saint-Saëns in 1846
The old Paris Conservatoire building, where Saint-Saëns studied
André Messager
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André Charles Prosper Messager was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which h
Messager in 1921
Four of Messager's musical influences: clockwise from top left, Saint-Saëns; Fauré; Gigout; Chabrier
Poster for François les bas-bleus, 1883. The names of both the composers are in small print just below the title.
Scene from La Basoche, 1890