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The French composer, organist, pianist, and conductor, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921). His best-known works include Danse macabre, the Organ Symphony, The Carnival of the Animals, and the opera Samson and Delilah. The composers Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel were strongly influenced by Saint-Saëns, whom they revered as a genius.