René Le Roy (; 4 March 1898 – 3 January 1985) sometimes spelled René LeRoy, was a French 20th-century

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Biography

René Le Roy was born in 1898 in Maisons-Laffitte. His parents were both amateur musicians, his father playing the flute and his mother the piano. It was his father who began his education as early as 1906. In 1916, he studied with Adolphe Hennebains,

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, where he graduated in 1918. In 1922, he established the ''Quintette instrumental de Paris'' with flute, harp and string trio. Several composers wrote for the ensemble, including Albert Roussel (Sérénade pour flûte, harpe, violon, alto et violoncelle opus 30),

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(suite, opus 91),

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and Cyril Scott. From 1952 to 1968, René Le Roy was a solo flute at the

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Orchestra, and until 1971 he was a chamber music teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his students were Christine Alicot, Juho Alvas, Thomas Brown, Susan Morris DeJong, Geoffrey Gilbert and Bassam Saba.

Publication

''Traité de la flûte, historique, technique et pédagogique.''''Traité de la flûte, historique, technique et pédagogique.''
/ref> (with Claude Dorgeuille), Paris, Éditions musicales transatlantiques, 1966. 103 p.

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