Louis Laloy

Louis Laloy (Gray, 18 February 1874 – Dole, 4 March 1944) was a French musicologist, writer and sinologist. A Doctor of Letters (he spoke French, English, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Greek and Chinese), he became an eminent musicologist, music critic, co-founder of Le Mercure musical, teacher at the Sorbonne and at the Paris Conservatory, and Secretary General of the Paris Opera. He is associated with many prominent artists and composers. He was a friend and (after the English book by Louise Liebich) the first French biographer of Claude Debussy and wrote books on his contemporaries Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, and Paul Dukas, as well as Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) who was then rediscovered.

Louis Laloy studied at Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure and Schola Cantorum de Paris. Training under Vincent d'Indy is recorded. The recorded working language is French and German. Employment is recorded with University of Paris, Conservatoire de Paris and Institut des hautes études chinoises. Positions recorded include Mayor of Rahon and general secretary. Distinctions recorded are Montyon Prize and general price Muteau.