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Havanaise in E major, Op. 83
Camille Saint-Saëns · 1835–1921
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM
Listen
- Type
- Showpiece
- Setting
- Piano or orchestra
- Length
- About 10 min
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Nationality
- French
- Exam lists
- ABRSM, Trinity, RCM, AMEB, NYSSMA, UIL, Henle
Notes
Sultry habanera rhythm; sweeping lines
About this work
- Composed
- 1887
- Dedicated to
- Raphael Díaz Albertini
- First performed
- 7 January 1894 in Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet; Martin-Pierre Marsick (violin solo); Orchestre Colonne, Édouard Colonne (conductor)
Exam & syllabus listings
ABRSM LRSM · Trinity LTCL · RCM ARCT · AMEB LMusA · NYSSMA 6 · UIL Gr 1 · Henle 7