Saint-Saëns: Pioneer and paradox, rethinking the composer a century on
Tim Ashley
Monday, January 10, 2022
Saint-Saëns was a complex, paradoxical composer who considered himself an eclectic, developed a nationalistic streak and tried not to display private emotion in his music. Tim Ashley makes the case that his originality is too easily overlooked
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