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Saint-Saens: A Critical Biography.(Review)
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Saint-Saens: A Critical Biography. By Stephen Studd. London: Cygnus Arts, 1999. [x, 356 p. ISBN 1-900541-65-3. $49.50.]
Camille Saint-Saens was arguably the most famous and influential composer in France at the turn of the last century, a fact that might surprise many who know little of his music and even less about his life and work. Like his near contemporaries Gabriel Faure and Vincent d'Indy, Saint-Saens suffered. profound neglect for most of the twentieth century, his achievements and stature diminished as a result of the fierce polemical debates that dominated ...
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