Camille Saint-Saens 1835-1921

This catalogue offers information on the total musical creation of French musician Camille Saint-Saens. It encompasses unpublished compositions, incomplete pieces and posthumous publications, and entries include information on titles, composition dates, instrumentation and different arrangements.
This text aims to ensure an objective knowledge of the total musical creation of the extraordinary French musician Camille Saint-Saens. The catalogue, classified by genre chronologically, encompasses unpublished compositions, incomplete pieces, and posthumous publications among the c.600 works listed. An introduction discusses the location of the sources consulted, Saint-Saens's autographs, and his publishers Each catalogue entry includes such information as the title and opus number of the composition and the opening theme of each movement; date, place, and circumstances of composition; dedication; instrumentation; location and description of autographs; publisher, plate number, date and place of publication; title page; all existent versions, arrangements, and transcriptions, their authors, publishers, date and plate number of publication; date and place of premiere and significant performances with names of the performers involved; references to the work in the mainly unpublished correspondence of Saint-Saens; literature and unique details relevant to the particular work This thematic catalogue (to be published ultimately in three volumes) provides a guide to Saint-Saens for m