Saëns is an English word starting with the letter S. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Context around Saëns
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saëns
- In this selection, "saëns" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saint, predecessor, normally, commented and concerto stand out and add context to how "saëns" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 124 saint saëns was fortunate and 1880s saint saëns was an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saëns" sits close to words such as acapulco, adrenal and alignments, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saëns
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bussine and Saint-Saëns found this unacceptable, and resigned in 1886. (11 words)
Both of them were strongly influenced by Saint-Saëns, whom they revered as a genius. (15 words)
Chamber Saint-Saëns wrote more than forty chamber works between the 1840s and his last years. (16 words)
I played to Nadia Boulanger as a young girl of 10 years old, and she was the student of Fauré, and Saint-Saëns was the teacher of Fauré, and Pauline Viardot introduced Fauré into society, so there’s great links with all of us. (44 words)
Berlioz, p. 430 According to the musical scholar Jean Gallois, it was apropos of this episode that Berlioz made his well-known bon mot about Saint-Saëns, "He knows everything, but lacks inexperience" ("Il sait tout, mais il manque d'inexpérience"). (41 words)
Harding, p. 119 Although most of Saint-Saëns's operas have remained neglected, Crichton rates them as important in the history of French opera, as "a bridge between Meyerbeer and the serious French operas of the early 1890s". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although the libretto was not of his choosing, Saint-Saëns, normally a fluent, even facile composer,Studying Handel manuscripts in London, Saint-Saëns was disconcerted to find a composer who worked even more quickly than he did.
It is more purely virtuosic than its predecessor: Saëns-Saëns commented to Fauré that it would never be as popular as the First because it was too difficult.
Saint-Saëns, p. 95 Holding such conservative views, Saint-Saëns was out of sympathy – and out of fashion – with the Parisian musical scene of the early 20th century, fascinated as it was with novelty.
Saint-Saëns, pp. 8–9 Clémence Saint-Saëns, well aware of her son's precocious talent, did not wish him to become famous too young.
Studd, p. 6; and Rees, p. 25 Saint-Saëns as a boy When Saint-Saëns was brought back to Paris he lived with his mother and her widowed aunt, Charlotte Masson.
I played to Nadia Boulanger as a young girl of 10 years old, and she was the student of Fauré, and Saint-Saëns was the teacher of Fauré, and Pauline Viardot introduced Fauré into society, so there’s great links with all of us.
The symphony orchestra will be joined by renowned Ukrainian pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky during the performance of Saint-Saëns’ Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra.
The remainder of the season features music of Bartók and an intriguing number of French composers: Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Debussy, Poulenc, and more.
We welcome young cello sensation Miriam K. Smith, who will perform Cello Concerto in A minor by Saint-Saëns.
Berlioz, p. 430 According to the musical scholar Jean Gallois, it was apropos of this episode that Berlioz made his well-known bon mot about Saint-Saëns, "He knows everything, but lacks inexperience" ("Il sait tout, mais il manque d'inexpérience").
Both of them were strongly influenced by Saint-Saëns, whom they revered as a genius.
Bussine and Saint-Saëns found this unacceptable, and resigned in 1886.
By the 1880s Saint-Saëns was an established favourite with audiences in England, where he was widely regarded as the greatest living French composer.
Chamber Saint-Saëns wrote more than forty chamber works between the 1840s and his last years.
Dubois unavailingly forbade Conservatoire students to attend, and the conductor's friend and former teacher Camille Saint-Saëns was prominent among those who detested the piece.
During the brief but bloody Paris Commune that followed, his superior at the Madeleine, the Abbé Deguerry, was murdered by rebels; Tombs, p. 124 Saint-Saëns was fortunate to escape to temporary exile in England.
Fauser, p. 228 Saint-Saëns composed more than sixty sacred vocal works, ranging from motets to masses and oratorios.
Fuller Maitland, p. 208 Although a keen modernist in his youth, Saint-Saëns was always deeply aware of the great masters of the past.
Gallois, p. 350 Nonetheless, by the 20th century Saint-Saëns had lost much of his enthusiasm for modernism in music.
Harding, p. 119 Although most of Saint-Saëns's operas have remained neglected, Crichton rates them as important in the history of French opera, as "a bridge between Meyerbeer and the serious French operas of the early 1890s".