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Saint Saens extending the formal boundaries of a symphony

Posted on the May 23rd, 2009 under Saint Saens

Usually it is deference to the demands of a “programme” that influences composers in extending the formal boundaries of a symphony, and when this is done the result is frequently a work which can only be called a symphony by courtesy. Saint-Saens, however, attempted an original ::More