Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921) was a Romantic-era French composer, pianist, and organist. His most famous works are The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and his third symphony (known as the Organ Symphony).
Biography
List of compositions
With opus numbers
| Opus | Title | Date |
| 1 | Three Pieces for Harmonium | 1852 |
| 2 | Symphony No. 1 in E♭ major | 1853 |
| 3 | Six Bagatelles | 1855 |
| 4 | Mass | 1855 |
| 5 | Tantum ergo | 1856 |
| 6 | Tarantelle in A minor | 1857 |
| 7 | Trois Rhapsodies sur des cantiques bretons, Pélérinage au pardon de Sainte Anne-la-Palud | 1866 |
| 7b | Rhapsodie bretonne | 1891 |
| 8 | Six Duets for Harmonium and Piano | 1858 |
| 8b | Duo for Two Pianos | 1897 |
| 9 | Bénédiction nuptiale | 1859 |
| 9 | La mort d'Ophélie | c. 1857 |
| 10 | Scène d'Horace | 1860 |
| 11 | Duettino in G major | 1855 |
| 12 | Oratorio de Noël | 1858 |
| 13 | Élévation, or Communion in E major | 1865 |
| 14 | Piano Quintet in A minor | 1855 |
| 15 | Sérénade in E♭ major | 1866 |
| 16 | Suite for Cello and Piano | 1862 |
| 16b | Suite for Cello and Orchestra | 1919 |
| 17 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major | 1858 |
| 18 | Piano Trio No. 1 in F major | 1863 |
| 19 | Les noces de Prométhée | 1867 |
| 20 | Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major | 1859 |
| 21 | Mazurka No. 1 in G minor | 1862 |
| 22 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor | 1868 |
| 23 | Gavotte in C minor | 1871 |
| 24 | Mazurka No. 2 in G minor | 1871 |
| 25 | Orient et occident | 1869 |
| 26 | Mélodies persanes | 1870 |
| 26b | Nuit persanes | 1891 |
| 27 | Romance in B♭ major | 1868 |
| 28 | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso | 1863 |
| 29 | Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major | 1869 |
| 30 | The Yellow Princess | 1872 |
| 31 | The Spinning Wheel of Omphale | 1872 |
| 32 | Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor | 1872 |
| 33 | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor | 1872 |
| 34 | Heroic March | 1871 |
| 35 | Variations on a Theme of Beethoven in E♭ major | 1874 |
| 36 | Romance in F major | 1874 |
| 37 | Romance in D♭ major | 1871 |
| 38 | Berceuse in B♭ major | 1871 |
| 39 | Phaéton in C major | 1873 |
| 40 | Danse macabre | 1874 |
| 41 | Piano Quartet in B♭ major | 1875 |
| 42 | Cœli enarrant (Psalm 18) | 1865 |
| 43 | Allegro appassionato in B minor | 1875 |
| 44 | Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor | 1875 |
| 45 | The Flood | 1875 |
| 46 | The Soldiers of Gideon | 1876 |
| 47 | Samson and Dalila | 1877 |
| 48 | Romance in C major | 1874 |
| 49 | Suite in D major | 1863 |
| 50 | The Youth of Hercules | 1877 |
| 51 | Romance in D major | 1877 |
| 52 | Six Etudes | 1877 |
| 53 | The Art of Being a Grandfather | 1878 |
| 54 | Requiem | 1878 |
| 55 | Symphony No. 2 in A minor | 1859 |
| 56 | Menuet and Waltz | 1878 |
| 57 | The Lyre and the Harp | 1879 |
| 58 | Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major | 1858 |
| 59 | King Harald Harfagar | 1880 |
| 60 | Algerian Suite | 1880 |
| 61 | Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor | 1880 |
| 62 | Concert Piece in E minor | 1880 |
| 63 | One Night in Lisbon | 1880 |
| 64 | The Aragonese Jota | 1880 |
| 65 | Septet in E♭ major | 1881 |
| 66 | Mazurka No. 3 in B minor | 1882 |
| 67 | Romance in E major | 1885 |
| 68 | Two Choruses | 1882 |
| 69 | Hymn to Victor Hugo | 1881 |
| 70 | Allegro appassionato in C♯ minor | 1874 |
| 71 | Two Choruses | 1884 |
| 72 | Album | 1884 |
| 73 | Rhapsody of the Auvergne | 1884 |
| 74 | Saltarelle | 1885 |
| 75 | Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor | 1885 |
| 76 | Wedding Cake | 1885 |
| 77 | Polonaise in F minor | 1886 |
| 78 | Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony" in C minor | 1886 |
| 79 | Caprice on Danish and Russian Arias | 1887 |
| 80 | Memory of Italy | 1887 |
| 81 | Feuillet d'album | 1887 |
| 82 | The Bride of the Timpanist | 1887 |
| 83 | Havanaise in E major | 1887 |
| 84 | The Warriors | 1888 |
| 85 | The Evening Bells | 1889 |
| 86 | Significant Steps | 1887 |
| 87 | Scherzo for Two Pianos | 1889 |
| 88 | Valse Canariote | 1890 |
| 89 | Africa | 1891 |
| 90 | Suite in F major | 1891 |
| 91 | Sapphic Chant | 1892 |
| 92 | Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor | 1892 |
| 93 | Sarabande and Rigaudon in E major | 1892 |
| 94 | Concert Piece in F minor | 1887 |
| 95 | Fantaisie for Harp in A minor | 1893 |
| 96 | Arab Caprice | 1894 |
| 97 | Theme and Variations for Piano | 1894 |
| 98 | Pallas Athéné | 1894 |
| 99 | Three Preludes and Fugues | 1894 |
| 100 | Remember Ismailia | 1895 |
| 101 | Fantaisie No. 2 in D♭ major | 1895 |
| 102 | Violin Sonata No. 2 in E♭ major | 1896 |
| 103 | Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian" in F major | 1896 |
| 104 | Valse Mignonne | 1896 |
| 105 | Berceuse in E major | 1896 |
| 106 | Heroic Caprice | 1898 |
| 107 | Religious March | 1897 |
| 108 | Barcarolle in F major | 1897 |
| 109 | Three Preludes and Fugues | 1898 |
| 110 | Valse Nonchalante | 1898 |
| 111 | Six Etudes | 1899 |
| 112 | String Quartet No. 1 in E minor | 1899 |
| 113 | Autumn Chants | 1899 |
| 114 | La Nuit | 1900 |
| 115 | The Heavenly Fire | 1900 |
| 116 | Lola | 1900 |
| 117 | Coronation March | c. 1902 |
| 118 | Evening Romance | 1902 |
| 119 | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor | 1902 |
| 120 | Valse Langoureuse | 1903 |
| 121 | In France | 1903 |
| 122 | Caprice Andalous | 1904 |
| 123 | Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major | 1905 |
| 124 | Fantaisie | 1907 |
| 125 | On the Banks of the Nile | 1908 |
| 126 | The Glory of Corneille | 1906 |
| 127 | Psalm 150 "Praise Ye the Lord" | c. 1908 |
| 128 | The Assassination of the Duke of Guise | 1908 |
| 129 | The Morning | 1909 |
| 130 | La Foi | 1908 |
| 130 | Three Symphonic Pictures after "La Foi" | 1908 |
| 131 | La Gloire | 1911 |
| 132 | The Poet and the Muse | 1910 |
| 133 | Ouverture de Fête | 1910 |
| 134 | To Airmen | 1912 |
| 135 | Six Etudes for the Left Hand | 1912 |
| 136 | Tryptique | 1912 |
| 137 | To Minors | 1912 |
| 138 | Ode to Spring | 1912 |
| 139 | Valse Gaie | 1913 |
| 140 | Overture to an Unfinished Comic Opera | 1854 |
| 140 | The Promised Land | 1913 |
| 141 | Two Choruses | 1913 |
| 142 | Hymn to Work | 1914 |
| 143 | Élégie [No. 1] | 1915 |
| 144 | Cavatine in D♭ major | 1915 |
| 145 | Ave Maria | 1914 |
| 146 | La Cendre Rouge | 1914 |
| 147 | Tu es Petrus | 1914 |
| 148 | Quam Dilecta | 1915 |
| 149 | Laudate Dominum | 1916 |
| 150 | Seven Improvisations | 1917 |
| 151 | Three Choruses | 1917 |
| 152 | To Victory | 1918 |
| 153 | String Quartet No. 2 in G major | 1918 |
| 154 | Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra | 1918 |
| 155 | Marche Interalliée | 1918 |
| 156 | Cyprès et Lauriers | 1919 |
| 157 | Fantaisie No. 3 in C major | 1919 |
| 158 | Prayer | 1919 |
| 159 | Hymn to Peace | 1919 |
| 160 | Élégie [No. 2] | 1920 |
| 161 | Six Fugues | 1920 |
| 162 | Odelette in D major | 1920 |
| 163 | Marche Dédiée aux Étudiants d'Alger | 1921 |
| 164 | To the Conquerors of Air | |
| 165 | Spring | |
| 166 | Oboe Sonata in D major | 1921 |
| 167 | Clarinet Sonata in E♭ major | 1921 |
| 168 | Bassoon Sonata in G major | 1921 |
| 169 | Album Leaf | 1921 |
Without opus numbers
| Title | Date |
| Ariel | 1841 |
| The Evening | 1841 |
| La Maman | c. 1841 |
| Valse | c. 1843 |
| Tandis Que Sur Vos Ans | 1844 |
| À Saint Joseph | c. 1844 |
| Dans Ce Beau Moi | c. 1844 |
| Nous Qu'en Ces Lieux | c. 1844 |
| Reçois Mes Hommages | c. 1844 |
| The Gulf of Baya | c. 1847 |
| Imogine | c. 1848 |
| The Israelites On the Mountain of Oreb | c. 1848 |
| Télésille | 1848 – 1849 |
| Cantata | c. 1849 |
| Bergeronnette | 1850 |
| Lamento | 1850 |
| The Lake | 1850 |
| Comic Opera Overture | c. 1850 |
| Scherzo in A major | c. 1850 |
| Symphony in A major | c. 1850 |
| The Rose | c. 1850 |
| Variations on the Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus | c. 1850 |
| Guitare | 1851 |
| Reverie | 1851 |
| The Dying Poet | 1851 |
| The Rendezvous | 1851 |
| Moses Saved From the Waters | c. 1851 |
| Fugue and Chorus | 1852 |
| Idylle | 1852 |
| Le Pas D'Armes du Roi Jean | 1852 |
| Mélodie | 1852 |
| Ode to St. Cecilia | 1852 |
| The Bells | 1852 |
| The Return of Virginia | 1852 |
| Autumn | c. 1852 |
| Piano Quartet in E♭ major | 1853 |
| The Poplar leaf | 1853 |
| Two Pieces for Organ | c. 1853 |
| Ruhethal | 1854 |
| La Porta Dell'Inferno | c. 1854 |
| The Hunting of the Burgrave | c. 1854 |
| Pastorale | 1855 |
| The Rising of the Moon | 1855 |
| The Sleep of the Flowers | 1855 |
| Come! | c. 1855 |
| Complaint | c. 1855 |
| La madonna col bambino | c. 1855 |
| The Bell | c. 1855 |
| The Waiting | c. 1855 |
| Symphony in F major"Urbs Roma" | 1856 |
| To the Moon | 1856 |
| Fantaisie in E♭ major | 1857 |
| La Toilette de la Marquise de Présalé | 1857 |
| Le Soir Descend Sur la Colline | 1857 |
| Macbeth | 1858 |
| O Salutaris | 1858 |
| Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Mendelssohn | 1858 |
| Veni Creator | 1858 |
| Pourquoi T'Exiler | c. 1858 |
| Souvenances | c. 1858 |
| Three Transcriptions from String Quartets by Beethoven | 1858 – 1859 |
| Caprice Brillant | 1859 |
| Ave Maria | c. 1859 |
| O Holy Altar | c. 1860 |
| Pour vous bénir, Signeur | c. 1860 |
| Ave Verum | c. 1860 |
| Heureux qui du Cœur de Marie | c. 1860 |
| O Salutaris | c. 1860 |
| Queen of Heaven | c. 1860 |
| Sub Tuum | c. 1860 |
| Tantum Ergo | c. 1860 |
| Alla Riva del Tebro | c. 1860 |
| Morning Star | c. 1860 |
| Ecstasy | c. 1860 |
| Transcription of Adiago of Cantata No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Aria of the Cantata No. 36 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Adante of Violin Sonata No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Adantino of the Cantata No. 8 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Tempo di Borea from Partita for Violin No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Chorus of Cantata No. 13 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Fugue of Violin Sonata No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Gavotte en rondeau from Partita for Violin No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Introduction and Aria of Cantata No. 15 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Largo of Violin Sonata No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Overture of Cantata No. 29 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Presto of Cantata No. 35 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | c. 1861 |
| Transcription of Recitative Aria of Cantata No. 30 by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano | 1861 |
| Evening Sea | 1862 |
| Transcription of Kermesse et valse de Faust from the opera Faust by Charles Gounod | 1862 |
| Spartacus Overture | 1863 |
| Transcription of St. Francis Legend No. 1, "Preaching To the Birds" by Franz Liszt | 1863 |
| Canzonetta | c. 1863 |
| In the Morning | c. 1864 |
| The Silver Bell | 1864–1865 |
| Hours Spent | 1865 |
| Inviolata | 1865 |
| Removal | 1865 |
| Claire de lune | c. 1865 |
| Transcription of Caprice sur les airs de ballet from the opera Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1867 |
| Transcription of Orpheus Menuet from the opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1867 |
| Winter Serenade | 1867 |
| Maria-Lucrezia | 1868 |
| The Ladybug | 1868 |
| The Song of Those Who Go On the Sea | 1868 |
| Tristesse | c. 1868 |
| Mandolinata | 1869 |
| O Salutaris | 1869 |
| Transcription of Adante from Symphony No. 36 by Joseph Haydn | 1869 |
| Transcription of Dervish Chorus from The Ruins of Athens by Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1869 |
| Transcription of Religious March of Lohengrin from the opera Lohengrin by Richard Wagner | 1869 |
| Marquise, You Remember? | c. 1869 |
| What Good Wait | c. 1869 |
| If You Have Anything to Say To Me | 1870 |
| Persian Melodies | 1870 |
| Transcription of Improvisation on the Beethoven Cantata by Franz Liszt | 1870 |
| The Smell of Paris | c. 1870 |
| A Voice by the Cedar Tree | 1871 |
| Berceuse | 1871 |
| Desire of the Orient | 1871 |
| Gavotte | 1871 |
| La Isleña (Havanaise) | 1871 |
| Romance | 1871 |
| Romance Without Words | 1871 |
| Danse Macabre | 1872 |
| Dans Ton Cœur | 1872 |
| Evening Song | 1872 |
| Paraphrase on Gallia by Charles Gounod | 1875 |
| Orpheus | 1875 |
| O Salutaris | 1875 |
| The Cloud | 1875 |
| Vogue, vogue la galère | c. 1877 |
| Cadenzas for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 | c. 1878 |
| Étienne Marcel | 1879 |
| Night Song of Preciosa | 1879 |
| In the Blue Corner | 1880 |
| Transcription of Adante from Symphony No. 94 by Joseph Haydn | 1880 |
| Henry VIII | 1883 |
| Andantino | 1884 |
| Transcription of Lenore by Henri Duparc | 1884 |
| Transcription of Song of the Boileau by Jacques Durand | 1884 |
| An Invisible Flute | 1885 |
| Deus Abraham in F major | 1885 |
| Drinking Song of Old Times | 1885 |
| Improvisation | 1885 |
| Pie Jesu | 1885 |
| Ronde | 1885 |
| The Carnival of the Animals | 1886 |
| Proserpine | 1887 |
| Suzette and Suzon | 1888 |
| Ascanio | 1890 |
| Guitars and Mandolins | 1890 |
| Omen of the Cross | 1890 |
| Let Us Love | 1891 |
| Manly Love | 1891 |
| Déjanire | 1892, 1911 |
| Fairies | 1892 |
| Flowers | 1892 |
| Madeleine | 1892 |
| Over There | 1892 |
| Romance | 1892 |
| The Nightingale | 1892 |
| Antigone | 1893 |
| Maybe? | 1893 |
| Phryné | 1893 |
| Primavera | 1893 |
| Proud Beauty | 1893 |
| Serenity | 1893 |
| Vive Paris, Vive la France | 1893 |
| The Dragonfly | 1894 |
| Why Stay All Alone? | 1894 |
| Frédégonde | 1895 |
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| Javotte | 1896 |
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| 1899 | |
| Cadenzas for Beethoven's Violin Concerto | 1900 |
| Hymne Franco-Espagnol | 1900 |
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| 1901 | |
| Les barbares | 1901 |
| Parysatis | 1902 |
| Andromaque | 1903 |
| Hélène | 1903 |
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| 1904, 1913 | |
| L'ancêtre | 1905 |
| 1905 | |
| Andante from a Piano Concerto | 1906 |
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| 1907 | |
| 1907 | |
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| 1907 – 1921 | |
| 1908 | |
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| 1910? | |
| Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22, K.482 | 1911 |
| Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, K.491 | 1911 |
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| c. 1915 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1917 | |
| On ne badine pas avec l'amour | 1917 |
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| 1918 | |
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| 1920 | |
| 1921 |