Some sample questions from this category:
* At age 18, Saint-Saens took what position at the Eglise Ste-Maire?
* In 1852 Saint-Saens met and developed a close friendship with what famous musician and composer, by whom he was greatly influenced?
* Which influential organization did Saint-Saens co-found in 1871?
* Saint-Saens composed the coronation march for which European monarch?
* Which is not a movement of Saint-Saens' 'Suite Algerienne' ?
* Saint-Saens wrote a set of variations scored for two pianos based on a theme from which composer?
* Saint-Saens' pupils at the Ecole Niedermeyer included which famous composer of such works as 'Apres un Reve' and a famous 'Requiem?'
* Which of Saint-Saens' symphonic poems takes its subject matter from a classical myth in which Hercules is made a slave to a queen, wearing a dress and spinning wool for 3 years?
* How many symphonies did Saint-Saens publish in his lifetime?
* Saint-Saens final symphony, published in 1886, is nicknamed for which featured instrument?
* Where did Saent-Saens die at the age of 86?
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