Vincent d'Indy
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Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught a
d'Indy, c. 1895
Bust of d'Indy by Antoine Bourdelle
Illustration by Carlos Schwabe for Fervaal
d'Indy's grave in Cimetière Montparnasse (Paris).
The Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25, is an orchestral composition written in 1886 by Vincent d'Indy. As indicated by the title, d'Indy took the principal theme from a folk song he heard at P
Vincent d'Indy
…individual character of his own compositions, particularly his fine orchestral pieces descriptive of southern France". Among his best known pieces are the Symphony on a French Mountain Air for piano and orchestra (1886), and Istar (1896), a symphonic poem in the form of a set of variations in which the theme appears only at the end. Among…
Autographed first page of the score.