Composer of such works as Omphale's Spinning Wheel and The Yellow Princess, his opera Samson and Delilah initially was rejected in Paris because it portrayed biblical characters.  
He served as organist at the Church of the Madelaine for 20 years, and Marcel Proust studied his talents as a pianist, while Franz Liszt regarded him as the finest organist in the world.  Composer of such works as Omphale's Spinning Wheel and The Yellow Princess, his opera Samson and Delilah initially was rejected in Paris because it portrayed biblical characters.  FTP, name this composer of Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals.
He served as organist at the Church of the Madelaine for 20 years, and Marcel Proust studied his talents as a pianist, while Franz Liszt regarded him as the finest organist in the world.  
(Charles-) Camille Saint-Sa?s (san-sahns)