Lamoureux

(lim-oo-rti’), Chas., Bordeaux, Sept. 28, 1834—Paris, Dec.. 21, 1899; eminent conductor; pupil of Girard, Cons.; later with Tolbecque, Leborne and Chauvet; co-founder of a soc. for chamber mus.; 1872, organist “Société de musique sacrée;” 1876, a ist.-cond. Paris Opéra; 1878, fizst cond.: 1872-78, also a ist.-cond. the Cons. Concerts; resigned from the Opéra, 1881, and est. the celebrated ‘‘Concerts Lamoureux” (Nouveaux Concerts).