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Camille Saint-Saëns, a Rare card
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Camille Saint-Saëns quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Camille Saint-Saëns card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Saint-Saëns was a ______ prodigy, he made his concert debut at the age of ten.
Answer
musical. Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy, he made his concert debut at the age of ten. From the Camille Saint-Saëns article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from ____, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire.
Answer
1850s. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire. From the Camille Saint-Saëns article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2000s. 2000s 100 · Jens Stoltenberg 92 · Leonardo Bonucci 88 · Camille Saint-Saëns 85 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, the Second Piano Concerto, the First Cello Concerto, Danse macabre, the opera Samson and Delilah, the Third Violin Concerto, the Third Symphony and The Carnival of the Animals.
- Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy, he made his concert debut at the age of ten.
- After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Camille Saint-Saëns article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Camille Saint-Saëns
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Camille Saint-Saëns (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Reutlinger (1816–81), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
