Victor Delannoy

Victor Delannoy

Victor-Alphonse Delannoy (born September 25, 1825 in Lille , † October 26, 1887 in Roubaix ) was a French composer, violinist and music teacher.

Delannoy had violin lessons at the conservatory in his hometown with the same teacher as Édouard Lalo a few years before him . In 1849 he was engaged as first violinist in the orchestra of the Grand Théâtre of Lille. The following year he began studying at the Conservatoire de Paris , where Jacques Fromental Halévy was his composition teacher.

In 1854 he won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome behind Adrien Barthe with the cantata Francesca da Rimini based on a text by Emile Baunaure . In 1858 he returned to Lille. There he taught violin at the conservatory, and in 1858 he took over a class for harmony.

In 1875 Delannoy settled in Roubaix. Here he took over the direction of the Conservatory and became conductor of the Grande Harmonie , for which he composed a number of harmony music. His most famous student was Clément Broutin , who won the Prix de Rome in 1878.

In addition to the above-mentioned harmony music, Delannoy composed chamber music and piano pieces, which enjoyed great popularity in the Parisian salons of the Second Empire . Other composers such as Pierre Adam worked on the themes of his compositions .