Camille Saint Saëns - Commemorative Year
The compositional oeuvre which Saint-Saëns created in his long life (1835-1921) encompasses numerous vocal works as well as symphonic compositions, solo concertos, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, and other instrumental works.
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Performing editions available for sale
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Danse macabre op. 40
Transcription for Violin and Piano by the Composer
In his symphonic poem “Danse macabre” Saint-Saëns takes up a poem by Henri Cazalis that he had already set as an art song. Here the Devil brings the dead to life by playing his violin. Although the orchestral work was given a lukewarm ...
Performance score, Part (1), Urtext edition
BA 10941
13.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Havanaise for Violin and Piano op. 83
This virtuoso work, based on the Cuban Habanera rhythm, was composed in 1887 and is a part of standard concert repertoire. Following Christine Baur’s highly successful Bärenreiter Urtext edition of Saint Saens’ “Allegro appassionato” (BA ...
Performance score, Part, Urtext edition
BA 9426
14.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Allegro Appassionato for Violoncello with Piano Accompaniment op. 43
Since its premiere in 1873 this work has held an important place in the violoncello repertoire. It is on the one hand a short charming composition; on the other hand, equally important, is its use in instruction during the first few years of ...
Performance score, Part, Urtext edition
BA 9047
9.25 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D major
Incomplete
This first publication of the Sonata in D major is based on Bärenreiter’s Camille Saint-Saëns OEuvres instrumentales complètes. Although we know from correspondence that two complete autographs existed, only an incomplete autograph ...
Performance score, Part, Urtext edition
BA 10910
18.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Violoncello no. 1 in E minor op. 112
Ludwig van Beethoven’s overpowering legacy caused many subsequent composers to avoid writing string quartets at all. Saint-Saëns was no exception in this respect and waited until 1899 and 1918 to produce his two contributions to the genre. ...
Set of parts, Urtext edition
BA 10927
32.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Violoncello no. 2 in G major op. 153
Ludwig van Beethoven’s overpowering legacy caused many subsequent composers to avoid writing string quartets at all. Saint-Saëns was no exception in this respect and waited until 1899 and 1918 to produce his two contributions to the genre. ...
Set of parts, Urtext edition
BA 10928
34.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
String Quartets op. 112, 153
Ludwig van Beethoven’s overpowering legacy caused many subsequent composers to avoid writing string quartets at all. Saint-Saëns was no exception in this respect and waited until 1899 and 1918 to produce his two contributions to the genre. ...
Study score, Anthology, Urtext edition
TP 779
29.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
The Carnival of the Animals for two Flutes
Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals is one of his most popular works altogether. Yet during his lifetime he refused to publish this orchestral piece for fear it would damage his reputation as a serious-minded musician.
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Performance score
BA 10926
15.50 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Symphony no. 3 in C minor op. 78
“In this work I gave everything I had to give. […] What I did here I will never do again”.
Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78, dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Like Beethoven’s ...
Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78, dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Like Beethoven’s ...
Score, Urtext edition
BA 7896
52.00 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Symphony no. 3 in C minor op. 78
“In this work I gave everything I had to give. […] What I did here I will never do again”. (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. ...
Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. ...
Study score, Urtext edition
TP 789
19.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Danse macabre op. 40
Symphonic poem after a poem by Henri Cazalis
Saint-Saëns was a great admirer of the symphonic poems by Franz Liszt. His own symphonic poem “Danse macabre” reflects not only his affinity to medieval superstitions but also constitutes a tribute to Liszt’s “Totentanz”.
“Danse ...
“Danse ...
Score, Urtext edition
BA 8834
34.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Oratorio de Noël op. 12
Date of publication:
07/2021
Saint-Saëns was barely 23 years old when he composed his “Oratorio de Noël” in just 12 days in 1858. Now this Christmas oratorio which has been edited by Christina M. Stahl is appearing in a scholarly-critical Urtext edition.
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Score, Urtext edition
BA 11304
ca. 32.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Oratorio de Noël op. 12
Date of publication:
07/2021
Saint-Saëns was barely 23 years old when he composed his “Oratorio de Noël” in just 12 days in 1858. Now this Christmas oratorio which has been edited by Christina M. Stahl is appearing in a scholarly-critical Urtext edition.
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Vocal Score, Urtext edition
BA 11304-90
ca. 11.95 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Oratorio de Noël op. 12
Date of publication:
07/2021
Saint-Saëns was barely 23 years old when he composed his “Oratorio de Noël” in just 12 days in 1858. Now this Christmas oratorio which has been edited by Christina M. Stahl is appearing in a scholarly-critical Urtext edition.
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Choral score, Urtext edition
BA 11304-91
ca. 4.50 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Oratorio de Noël op. 12 "Christmas Oratorio"
Arranged for Soloists, Choir and Organ
Owing to its Latin text, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio has found admirers all over the world. Saint-Saëns avoids theatrical effects in his church music and relies almost entirely on homophonic choral writing. Here the operatic allusions ...
Organ reduction
BA 7514
15.50 €
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Samson et Dalila
Opera in three acts
Date of publication:
05/2021
Saint-Saëns’ setting of the biblical story of Samson, a hero equipped with superhuman powers, and his seduction by the Philistine Dalila is considered his magnum opus for the musical stage. It stands alongside Gounod’s “Faust” and Bizet’s ...
Vocal Score, Urtext edition
BA 8710-90
ca. 39.95 €
Works available on hire
Saint-Saëns, Camille
By the Rivers of Babylon
It is a small music history sensation: Thanks to Yves Gérard an unknown and unpublished manuscript penned by Camille Saint-Saëns has been unearthed in the Médiathèque Jean Renoir in Dieppe in France.
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Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 11309-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
La Jeunesse d'Hercule op. 50 R 172
Symphonic poem
Saint-Saëns composed “La Jeunesse d‘Hercule” in winter 1876/77 and the premiere took place on 28 January 1877 conducted by Édouard Colonne. The fable, taken from Xenophon’s “Memorabilia”, narrates how at his entry into life Hercules ...
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 8837-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Oratorio de Noël op. 12
Early in his career Saint-Saëns composed his Oratorio de Noël, an easily accessible work which is now available in an authoritative Urtext edition.
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was just 23 years old when he composed ...
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was just 23 years old when he composed ...
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 11304-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Phaéton op. 39 R 170
Symphonic poem
“The central idea of “Phaéton” is pride, as the central idea of “Le Rouet d’Omphale” is lust.”
(Camille Saint-Saëns)
Phaéton was premiered by Édouard Colonne on 7 December 1873 in the Théâtre ...
(Camille Saint-Saëns)
Phaéton was premiered by Édouard Colonne on 7 December 1873 in the Théâtre ...
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 8836-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Le Rouet d'Omphale op. 31 R 169
Symphonic poem
“The subject of this symphonic poem is female seduction and the triumphant struggle of weakness over strength. The wheel is just a pretext, selected just from the point of view of rhythm and the general movement of the piece. People who are ...
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 8835-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Samson et Dalila
Opera in three acts
Today, “Samson et Dalila” is undoubtedly one of the best-known of Camille Saint-Saëns’s thirteen operas, being more present in the repertoire of international stages than most other French 19th century compositions. During Saint-Saëns’s ...
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 8710-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Super flumina Babylonis
Orchestral version
Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
AOE 10642-72
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Super flumina Babylonis
It is a small music history sensation: Thanks to Yves Gérard an unknown and unpublished manuscript penned by Camille Saint-Saëns has been unearthed in the Médiathèque Jean Renoir in Dieppe in France.
It ...
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Rental / hire material, Urtext edition
BA 11305-72