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Charles Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on 9 October, 1835. His father, a clerk in the French government service, died of tuberculosis two months later, and his upbringing was shared between his mother, Clémence, and a great-aunt who began to teach him piano from an early age. His development was rapid, and both Stamaty and Boëly were summoned to the Saint-Saëns household to further his precocious talent. |