D'Indy, Vincent
(1851–1931)
VINCENT D'INDYD'INDY, VINCENTVINCENT D'INDY [* 1851-† 1931] When the Paris Conservatoire asked for Vincent d'Indy's help in formulating a new curriculum in theory and composition, they inspired a concept so revolutionary that it had to be rejected. D'Indy, whose artistic life was inspired by his study with César Franck and interactions with Wagner and Liszt, realized his plan instead at a new school, the Schola Cantorum, which from its inception in 1896 (and in particular after he became…