Saint-Saëns, Camille

Preface

Saint-Saëns, Camille – Morceau de Concert for harp and orchestra Op. 154 (Piano Reduction, 2 copies)

For more information about the piece read the preface to the full score:

(9 October 1835, Paris, France – 16 December 1921, Algiers, Algeria)

(1918)
Concert Piece for Harp with orchestra, op. 154

Composed and premiered
1918

Dedicated to
Mademoiselle Nicole Anckier (1894-1967)

Publication
April 1919, A. Durand & File, Éditeurs. Imp. Mounot, Nicolas & Cie.
Orchestral score: Durand & Cie., Plate 9651; Orchestral parts, Plate 9655; Harp only, Plate 9625.
On the printer’s copy of the autograph piano reduction: CotD. & F. 9625.

Orchestration
harp solo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings

The Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns was a short, witty, sarcastic French composer remembered mainly for his opera Samson and Delilah and the orchestral showpieces Danse macabre and Carnival of the Animals. He began as a child prodigy, picking out tunes on the piano at two and making a public début as a pianist at five. Soon after, his parents took him to a Parisian symphony concert; he enjoyed the string serenade, but cried out at the brass entrance, “Make them stop. They prevent my hearing the music.” He was removed. …

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