Fernand Lamy (8 April 1881 – 18 September 1966) was a French

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

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, conductor and

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.Fernand Lamy
in the daily ''Centre Presse''.

Life

Born in

Chauvigny Chauvigny (; Poitevin dialect, Poitevin: ''Chôvigni'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Vienne Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in western France. Chauvigny is located east of Poitiers ...

, Lamy was a disciple and friend of

Guy Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphony, symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both i ...

. He has written reference works on this composer. He has notably collaborated in the review ''L'Harmonie du monde''. He started his career working on military music. He was later choir conductor and then conductor of the

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. He conducted Russian ballets and worked with

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. He then worked at the

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conservatory, of which he was the director, and founded in particular the ''Association des concerts symphoniques'' and the ''Société de musique de chambre''. His students include Robert Lannoy, Jean Bertrand and

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. His son is the pianist and organist Jacques Lamy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamy, Fernand 1881 births 1966 deaths People from Vienne 20th-century French composers French male conductors (music) French choral conductors French music educators French male musicians 20th-century French conductors (music) 20th-century French male musicians