Name Theodore Lack | Role Composer | |
Died November 25, 1921, Paris, France | ||
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Théodore Lack (3 September 1846, in Quimper – 25 November 1921, in Paris) was a French pianist and composer. He studied under Antoine François Marmontel (pianoforte), Lefébure-Wély (composition) and François Bazin (harmony). He started teaching piano in Paris in 1863 and achieved acclaim as a piano pedagogue.
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A very precocious boy, he was appointed at the age of 10 organist in his native town, which post he held until he entered the Paris conservatory in 1860. He graduated in 1864 as winner of many prizes.
The same year he was appointed teacher of pianoforte at the conservatory, and has held the same position ever since. He never left Paris since his admission to the Conservatory. From 1875-1905 he was a member of the committee on admission and of the jury of examinations and in 1881 officer of the Academie.