Dont wait to play the famous work by camille saintsaens for cello and piano. The 1st and tenth movements are evocative of faures requiem, but theyre very distinctively saintsaens and theres no denying the latters peculiar love of dramatic dialogue in an oratorio. There are 41 pages to download, which includes separate primo and secondo parts. Free choir training aids for the whole christmas oratorio, including tollite hostias.
His most famous piece is the carnival of the animals, despite the fact that saintsaens forbade complete performances of it shortly after its premiere, only allowing one movement, the swan, a. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Charles camille saintsaens was a french composer and performer. The work, sung in latin, is based on texts from the old and new testaments, the psalms and gospels, as well as the catholic christmas liturgy. Title name translations oratorium na boze narodzenie saint saens. It was first performed in paris on december 25, 1858. It gives you high quality pdf sheet music files with audio mp3 and mp3 accompaniment files and interactive sheet music for realtime transposition. This is harder than the first section and is a big file. Saintsaens prelude from the christmas oratorio wind. Dec 23, 2011 camillesaintsaens, 18351921, french composer, pianist and organist.
World wide shipping for 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. Christmas oratorio saint saens choral music practice files. This oratorio was originally composed for solo voices, chorus, strings, harp and organ. It has ten movements or sections prelude in the style of bach. Bach distorts our view of the great variety to be found within this genre. Either your browser does not support inline frames or it is currently configured not to display inline frames. As a tenyear he debuted in paris with the piano concertos of mozart and beethoven, and after studies at the conservatory. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. In 1875, saintsaens married 19yearold marielaure truffol, they lived with his mother. Its a really fantastic piece beautiful to listen to and to play insing. Saintsaens wrote it in 10 days as well to which i can only say that he should have tried that trick more often. Camille saintsaens charles camille saintsaens was a french composer and performer. The saintsaens, written in 1863, is firmly rooted in lateromanticism, although there are many references to bygone times, first and foremost to bach.
Vocal score choral satb satb soli, satb chorus, keyboard. Christmas oratorio saint saens by choral music practice files, released 31 october 2017 1. Camille saintsaens composer 18351921 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Alt et ecce angelus domini stetit juxta illos, et claritas dei circumfulsit. This sheet music is an edition for satb choir with piano or organ accompaniment. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. There is an excellent performance of this work by the national chamber choir of moldavia cond. Lukas 2, 8 tenor et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis super gregem suum. Even though saintsaens was predicted a great career as a piano virtuoso, he pursued a career as organist and was appointed the principal organist at the madeleine in paris, the position he held for over 20 years. The marriage was unhappy and unsuccessful, although it produced two children. In 1858 the church of the madeleine commissioned their organist the 23yearold saintsaens to write an oratorio for their christmas celebration.
Erin gray lenhert, soprano 1 d marianne wolf, kristen schultz oliver. Please look at problems with windows media player, and then use the back button to return to this midi file page. Piano duet second section of danse macabre arranged as a piano duet. Solo voices, satb choir, piano sheet music book by camille saintsaens 18351921. Camille saintsaens praise ye the lord of hosts tollite. Caprice on danish and russian airs soni ventorum wind quintet. Here we have two christmas oratorios well, sort of. Regarded as the french mendelssohn, camille saintsaens started his music studies as a pianist. His most famous piece is the carnival of the animals, despite the fact that saintsaens forbade complete performances of it shortly after its premiere, only allowing one movement, the swan, a piece for cello and piano, to be published in his lifetime. Quare fremuerunt gentes part 6 of the christmas oratorio with chrous.
Camille saintsaens sheet music to download top quality. Lieferung gegen rechnung, ab 20, eur portofrei deutschland. Camille saintsaens 18351921 was one of the most productive and famous french composers of the 19th century. My thanks to jeanmarie balfouriers chorix partitheque, from which i borrowed some nwc files. The composer was only 23, and had not yet grown contemptuous of church dogma as he would later be, when he wrote this. Topics camille, saint, saens, carnaval, animaux, aquarium. His most famous piece is the carnival of the animals, despite the fact that saint saens forbade complete performances of it shortly after its premiere, only allowing one movement, the swan, a piece for cello and piano, to be published in his lifetime. Charles camille saint saens was a french composer and performer. Saintsaens also wrote articles on aspects of ancient roman theatre and art, as well as philosophy. Camille saintsaens 1835 1921 camille saintsaens short biography. To equate the concept of the christmas oratorio with the work of j.
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