Messager, André (30 December 1853, Montluçon; 24 February 1929, Paris), French composer, conductor, and administrator, played the piano as a child, but it was not until he went to school in his native city that he received any serious musical training. His precocious interest in music prompted his parents to send him to the Niedermeyer School in Paris between 1869 and 1874. While at this school, the youth studied under the direction of Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns . When Messager left…