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[[File:Le Chagrin dans le Palais de Han.jpg|thumb|''Le Chagrin dans le palais de Han'', Chinese drama by Louis Laloy. Theatre poster by René Piot, 1900. After a play by [[Ma Zhiyuan]].]] |
[[File:Le Chagrin dans le Palais de Han.jpg|thumb|''Le Chagrin dans le palais de Han'', Chinese drama by Louis Laloy. Theatre poster by René Piot, 1900. After a play by [[Ma Zhiyuan]].]] |
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⚫ | A [[Doctor of Letters]] (he spoke French, English, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Greek and Chinese), he became an eminent musicologist, music critic, co-founder of ''Le Mercure musical'', teacher at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] and at the [[Conservatoire de Paris|Paris Conservatory]], and Secretary General of the [[Paris Opera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/musdico/Laloy/168131|title=Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Louis Laloy|last=Larousse|first=Éditions|website=www.larousse.fr|language=fr|access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He is associated with many prominent artists and composers. He was a friend and (after the English book by Louise Liebich) the first French biographer of [[Claude Debussy]]<ref name ="debussy">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rZUHAQAAMAAJ&q=debussy+laloy Biography of Debussy, on Google Books.]</ref> and wrote books on his contemporaries [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[Erik Satie]], and [[Paul Dukas]], as well as [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]] (1683–1764) who was then rediscovered.<ref name="rameau">[https://books.google.com/books?id=BPZNAAAAMAAJ&q=rameau+laloy Biography of Rameau, on Google Books.]</ref> |
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⚫ | A [[Doctor of Letters]] (he spoke French, English, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Greek and Chinese), he became an eminent musicologist, music critic, co-founder of ''Le Mercure musical'', teacher at the [[Sorbonne]] and at the [[Conservatoire de Paris|Paris Conservatory]], and Secretary General of the [[Paris Opera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/musdico/Laloy/168131|title=Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Louis Laloy|last=Larousse|first=Éditions|website=www.larousse.fr|language=fr|access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He is associated with many prominent artists and composers. He was a friend and the first biographer of [[Claude Debussy]]<ref name ="debussy">[https://books.google. |
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Latest revision as of 01:27, 14 March 2023
Louis Laloy ( Gray, 18 February 1874 – Dole, 4 March 1944 )[1] was a French musicologist, writer and sinologist. A Doctor of Letters (he spoke French, English, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Greek and Chinese), he became an eminent musicologist, music critic, co-founder of Le Mercure musical, teacher at the Sorbonne and at the Paris Conservatory, and Secretary General of the Paris Opera.[2]
He is associated with many prominent artists and composers. He was a friend and (after the English book by Louise Liebich) the first French biographer of Claude Debussy[3] and wrote books on his contemporaries Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, and Paul Dukas, as well as Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) who was then rediscovered.[4]
References
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- ^ Larousse, Éditions. "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Louis Laloy". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ^ Biography of Debussy, on Google Books.
- ^ Biography of Rameau, on Google Books.