Saint-Saens, Camille, san SAHNS, ka MEE yuh (1835-1921), was a French composer. His most famous work is The Carnival of the Animals (1886) for two pianos and orchestra. His other major compositions include the Cello Concerto No. 1 (1873), the symphonic poem Danse Macabre (1874), the Piano Concerto No. 4 (1875), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), and the chamber work Septet (1880).