. Programme. In 1895 he was offered, on the death of Guiraud, theposition of professor of composition at the Conservatory; he declinedthe offer, for he wished to be wholly free. In 1896 he founded withCharles Bordes and Alexandre Guilmant a music school, the ScholaCantorum, of which he became the sole director in 1911. He is pro-fessor of orchestration at the Paris Conservatory of Music. It may here be added that in 1873 dIndy became acquainted withthe German Requiem of Brahms, and his admiration for it was so greatthat he determined to go a pilgrimage, in the hope of seeing the com-poser and
. Programme. In 1895 he was offered, on the death of Guiraud, theposition of professor of composition at the Conservatory; he declinedthe offer, for he wished to be wholly free. In 1896 he founded withCharles Bordes and Alexandre Guilmant a music school, the ScholaCantorum, of which he became the sole director in 1911. He is pro-fessor of orchestration at the Paris Conservatory of Music. It may here be added that in 1873 dIndy became acquainted withthe German Requiem of Brahms, and his admiration for it was so greatthat he determined to go a pilgrimage, in the hope of seeing the com-poser and of obtaining advice from him. After his sojourn in Weimarhe went to Vienna and found that Brahms had gone to Bavaria. Hefollowed him, and finally found him at Tutzing, but whether Brahmswas not in the mood to receive strangers, or whether he was absorbed byworks that demanded concentration of mind, the interview was shortand unsatisfactory, although the young Frenchman bore letters fromSaint-Saens and Tremont Street—Near West
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