Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French

France

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 composer

Composer

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Lalo was born in Lille

Lille

Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

 (Nord), in northernmost France. He attended that city's music conservatory in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire

Conservatoire de Paris

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 under Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...

's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck

François Antoine Habeneck

François Antoine Habeneck was a French violinist and conductor.- Early life :Habeneck was born at Mézières, the son of a musician in a French regimental band. During his early youth, Habeneck was taught by his father, and at the age of ten played concertos in public...

. For several years, he worked as a string player and teacher in Paris

Paris

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. In 1848, he joined with friends to found the Armingaud Quartet, playing viola

Viola

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 and later second violin

Violin

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