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Camille Saint-saens was born on October 9th, 1835 in Paris, France.
卡米尔·圣桑于1835年10月9日出生在法国巴黎。
A child prodigy, his mother and aunt began teaching him piano at the age of only two, and by age three he was already composing his won works.
作为一个神童，他的母亲和婶婶在他两岁的时候就开始教他弹钢琴，三岁的时候他就已经创作了自己的作品。
Furthermore, by age 10, he was performing concertos by Beethoven and Mozart.
此外，10岁的时候他就开始演奏贝多芬和莫扎特的协奏曲了。
Aside from being an outstanding pianist, he was also an amateur scientist, a poet, an essayist,
除了是一位杰出的钢琴家，他还是一位业余科学家、诗人、散文家
and dramatist who showed interest in other subjects such as philosophy, geology, astronomy, and archeology.
和剧作家。他对哲学、地质学、天文学和考古学等其他学科表现出了浓厚的兴趣。
In 1857, he was appointed organist at the Madeleine church in Paris, a position which he held for 20 years.
1857年，他被任命为巴黎马德琳教堂的风琴师并在该职位担任了20年。
Fellow composer, Franz Liszt, said that Saint-saens was the greatest composer in the world after hearing him improvise.
作曲家弗兰兹·李斯特在听了圣森的即兴创作后说他是世界上最伟大的作曲家。
Saint-saens assembled a very large library of musical compositions throughout his career which included choral and keyboard works,
圣桑在他的整个职业生涯中收集了大量的音乐作品，包括合唱和琴键作品，
symphonic poems including "Danse Macabre" and "Carnaval of Animals", operas, incidental music such as "Samson and Delilah", symphonies, and concertos.
交响乐诗歌包括《骷髅之舞》和《动物狂欢节》，歌剧，配乐如《参孙与达利拉》，交响乐和协奏曲。
Camille Saint-saens died on December 16th, 1921 in Algiers, Algeria at the age of 86.
卡米尔·圣桑于1921年12月16日在阿尔及利亚的阿尔及尔去世，享年86岁。
