INDY, Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d’, born in Paris, , Date verified by register of birth. studied for three years under Diémer, attended Marmontel's class, and learnt harmony and the elements of composition with Lavignac. He then, without having learnt counterpoint or fugue, undertook to write a grand opera, ‘Les Burgraves,
’ which was not finished, and a quartet for piano and strings, which was submitted to César Franck in the hope of overcoming the objections to the...