New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
Distinguished Frenchman
Will Again Conduct Here
D'lndy Composer, Teacher. Author, To BE Guest
of N. \. Symphony Orchestra; Ssravinsky's
Debussy Symphony Kissed in London

shuddered at his reputation OF heinr AN
Independent"
In 1878 DIndy became acquainted
with the "peatsehes Requiem" of
brahms, and his admiration for IL was
SO great that he determined to make "A
pilgrimage, in the hope Of seeing the
composer and of obtaining advice from
i nam. He went to weimar. where he
met LisIt, and he was. in way, his
pupil Tor some time. He then went to
VIENNA and found that Brahms had
gone to Bavaria, He followed him and
hnally found him in Tutxing. bu.
whether Brahma was not in mood
10 receive strangers or whether he
was absorbed by works that demanded
concentration. the interview was short
and unsatisfactory, despite the letters
D'Indy had from Saint-Sasna and
Franck
DIndy felt the need of becominr
thoroughly acquainted with the details
OF the orchestra. For this purpose he
entered the Society of the Chatelet
Concerts as chorus master and sscord.
drummer, and he filed these positions
until 1878, when he retired on account
OF disagreement with Colonne. the
conductor.
His "PiccoIomini" overture Wa, mar.
formed at one of Pasdeloup's concerts
IN 1875. In 1882, little comic opera
IN one act, "Attendez moi sous PORN &. I"
with hbretto based on Regnard's
comedy, was produced at the Opera
Comique, and puzzled habitues accus-
toned to simpler harmonies and con-
ventional tunes.
Other works produced before 1855
The Enchanted Forest" an orchestral
ballade (lS7s); "The Ride of the Cid"
for baritone, chorus and orchestra
(1S7s); the "Wallenstein" triology. In
1885 d1ndy was awarded the prize of
the City of Paris for his "Song of the
Bell" (after Schiller). a romantic
symphony for solo voices, double
chorus snd orchestra, which was pro-
duced at the expense of the city and
performed several times under the
direction of Lamoureux. The tenor,
Anton Van Dyck. then at the beginning
Of his career, sang the music of Will
helm, the bell founder.
In 1887 d'Indy became chorus master
Of the Lame concerts and he pre-
pared the choruses for the first pro-
duction Of "Lohengrin" in Paris in the
Eden Theater, May 8. 1887. Due to
Chauvinism only one performance took
place.
He visited Bayreuth several times
and attended the first performance of
the ring" and of "Parsifal." With
Franck, Saint-Saens, Gabriel Faure,
Castillon, Chausson and Duparc, he was
founder of the National School OF
Music. After the death of Franck he
was made president of that society.
In 1898 the government appointed him
one of committee to recommend re-
forms in the Paris Conservatory, but
the professors of that institution made
such vigorous protests against the idea
that the committee was abandoned. In
1895 professorship in the Conserva-
tory was offered him, but he refused
the position as he wished to preserve
his liberty. The next year he founded
with Charles Bordes, the director of
the SINGERS of St. Gervais," and
Alexander Guilmant, the famous or
ganist school of music, the Schola
Cantorum, Of which he is still the
head.
DIndy was always nature lover.
His family came originally from Yer
dieux, in Ardeche, department for
merly a portion of the Province Lam
| guedoc. DTndy has long been in the
habit Of spending his vacations in the
picturesque mountains of the Avenues.
He has also delighted in the Tyrol, the
Engadine, the Black Forest; he has