Camille Saint-Saëns' celebrated violin showpiece Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso premiered on this day in 1867. The first performance was given by the works dedicatee, the then

French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was born on this day in 1835. Born in 1835 in Paris, Saint-Saëns was raised by his widowed mother and her aunt, who introduced him to