Saint-Saens Second Plano Concerto In Minor Study

Charles Camille Saint- Saens is a famous French composer,pianist,organist,conductor,musical critic,musical educator, and social activist in the late 19th century.He composed many piece , his mainly contribution to piano music is piano-concerto. Saint- Saens started a new era of instrumental music in France, and his historic significance as a figure serving as a link between past and future in the history of French instrumental music.His music succeeded the traditional concept of classical music composing,on the other hand his creating ideologies are constantly innovated and broken through on the basis of Romanticism composing ideology, and has formed his unique piano music style. In his five piano concert , the second piano concerto in g minor is the most popularity. It vividly displays the noble elegance,balanced form, and resourceful humor in the tradition of French music. This article mainly introduced Saint-Saens's biography ,the historical background, his esthetics thought content and so on. This article analyzes and studies the music noumenon and the piano performance, it anaphase enables us to thoroughly understand his works and clearly grasp his composing concept and style, provides some academic information and reference for researchers and performers.