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Édouard (Victor Antoine) Lalo (27 January 1823 - 22 April 1892) was a French composer of Spanish descent. Born in Lille, he studied first at that city's conservatoire, and then at the Paris Conservatoire under Hector Berlioz's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck. For years he worked as a violinist (particularly playing chamber music) and teacher in Paris before gaining fame as a composer, which eventually arrived when he was in his late forties. He died in Paris. Although Lalo is not one of the most immediately recognized names in French music, his Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra still enjoys...