| Nationality: | French |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
March 27, 1851 — Paris |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Dec. 2, 1931 — Paris |
| Near Family: | Mother died at birth (his); grandmother brought him up. |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Visited Germany (mostly Munich), Spain, Russia and the U.S. (1905) - lived mostly in Paris. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Served in the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71), was professor of organ in 1873 (Paris Cons.), organist (1873-8), chorismaster/tympanist (Cologne orch.), secretary of the 'Société Nationale de Musique' (1876-90) and later president, co-founded the 'Schola Cantorum' - one of the most famous schools of music (1894), occasional conductor, professor of the Paris conservatoire's ensemble class (1912) and inspector of musical instruction (1899), along with other activities. |
| Major Work(s): | Le Chant de la cloche(1885), the opera Attendez-moi sous l'orme(1882) |
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Interesting Facts: |
d'Indy studied composition with
César Franck,
and met Liszt,
Wagner and
Brahms in
Germany. Became Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1912. |
