Thursday, October 18, 2012

Composer Spotlight - Camille Saint Saens

picture from wikipedia

Camille Saint Saens is a composer (a person who writes music)
He was born in France. (check out cia factbook)
When he was a child he played the piano and he loved to write his own songs.

When he turned 13 years old he went to a conservatory (a special school) to learn more about music. While he was there he learned to play the organ and people say that he was the best in the world!

He wrote a lot of music for the orchestra. 
In class we are learning about a song he wrote called Danse Macabre. (you can hear the song on wikipedia.) It begins very soft and low, but the sound builds and gets louder and faster. It is a great piece of music!

Camille Saint Saens once said, " I live in music like a fish lives in water." What do you think he meant by that?


33 comments:

robert moore said...

intresting

victoria said...

hello i liked thyat it was so good ok i liked it so much it was beautifal

goddicarter said...

this was the best and sad bute it was ok

madison said...

he meant when fish live in water thay are happy when they are out of it then they die thats what would happen to him if he cant play music

gunnar said...

I think he meant if he cant make music hes ganna die

eduardo said...

i think it meant that if he did not have music he would die like a fish on shore.

Alaina said...

he mean that a fish needs water if they don`t have water they will die so he means that if he can`t have music he`ll die

april said...

I think he ment that if he cant live without music like fish cant live without water.

Dante said...

He ment if he douse not have music he will fill like a fish with no water because he live with music.

dj said...

He ment he lives in music and he will die with out it

zoie said...

i think it was really liked it ,i also think that he meant by he is going to die by music of his courge. he is a really great instrument player.

KNAJA said...

i think he meant he is connected to music like fish are connected to water

Cheyenne said...

I think he meant like a fish can't live without water so I think he means he can't live without music.

seth said...

he said like fish in water

Destiny F said...

I think he meant that music is his life and lives in it like a fish lives in water.

Elijah said...

I think that it means that he can't live without music, just like a fish can't live in water.


from,
Elijah

beau and kayin said...

He means he needs music to live like fish need water to live.

mike and thomas said...

He means that he that he can not live with music.

Destiny cox said...

what he meant wus he can die with music like fish needs water.

sammie said...

It means he has to live with music like a fish can't live with out water.

robert moore said...

i they mean like he'll die with out music

joey said...

I like it is a cool post

aleixs said...

when he said he has to live whith music like a fish needs water he means that he can not live whith uot it becoase a fish will die out water so he can not live whith uot water i cant eather

robert.session said...

i like it so much.

Jamari said...

mr.s taylor loves his songs

iyanna said...

when Camille Saint Saens side i love music like a fish live in water he meant that a fish meed water to live and he meed music to live

nyla said...

we love him!!!!!!!!!!!

isaya brooks said...

that is great

Katajia said...

What Camille Saint Saen meant by music lives in me like a fish live in water is that music is his life if he don't do any more music he got nothing eles to do. And I just puting this out my dad os moving next week and I'm sooooo happy I put 3 p's that's how exc. I am!!!

leann said...

it means that he can not live with out music like a fish can not live with out water.

jillian said...

intresting by jillian peterson

victoria in 4th grade said...

i like that hes so interesting dont you think in cool right!!!!!

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