d’Indy, Vincent
(1851–1931)> COMPSOER
d’Indy, Vincent (27 March 1851, Paris; 1 December 1931, Paris), compsoer, was raised by his paternal grandmother, who gave him his first music lessons and then placed him under the tutelage of the pianist Marmontel at the proper time. When the youth was sixteen, he came upon Hector Berlioz ’ writings on instrumentation, and he was so excited by this composer’s revelations that he decided to become a professional musician. The Franco-Prussian War interrupted his progress, but, as soon as peace…