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and Boccherini. Georges de Saint-Foix has been president of the French association of musicologists Société française de musicologie (1923-1925) and again (1929-1931).

Main works

* ''W. A. Mozart : sa vie musicale et son œuvre de l'enfance à la pleine maturité, 1756-1777'', essay of critical biography, with Théodore de Wyzewa. * . Reissue of Louis Picquot's book,(1804-1870) author of the first biography of Luigi Boccherini entitled ''Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Luigi Boccherini, suivie du catalogue raisonné de toutes ses œuvres, tant publiées qu'inédites'', Paris, chez Philipp (= Camille Prilipp), 1851. with a 45 pages introduction and updated annotations.

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