Saint-Saens, Camille (9 October 1835, Paris; 16 December 1921, Algiers), composer, received his first piano lessons from his great-aunt, Charlotte Masson . He was quite precocious, and, at age five, he played before a Paris group, while, at age six, he was already beginning to compose. It was not long before he was sent to Camille Marie Stamaty to pursue more advanced study, and he was booked into the Salle Pleyel for his first public concert on 6 May 1846. He was not quite eleven years old…