This Fantasie is Saint-Sam's only piece far solo harp.
His "Fantaisie for violin and harp" is better known, and he also wrote a solo piece for harp and orchestra. Marceau de Concert'. His writing shows that he understood he harp well, and he makes full of harpistic effects such as gissandi and harmonics. Saint-Saens was a prolific composer, use as wel as a virtuoso Pianist and organist uszt praised him as the greatest organist in te world