About author : LIONCOURT Guy de

Guy de Lioncourt studied music at the Schola Cantorum de Paris under Léon Saint-Réquier (harmony), Amédée Gastoué (Gregorian chant), André Roussel (counterpoint), Vincent d'Indy (composition), Charles Pineau (organ), F. Mondain (woodwind) and Louis de Serres (singing).

On 2 July 1912, at Boffres (Ardèche), he married Claire Pampelonne, niece of Vincent d'Indy. They had five children: Colette, Jeanne, Vincent (died in childhood), Thérèse and Germaine (future wife of composer Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) - among their children was Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt).

In 1918, he won the Grand Prix Lasserre avec l'opéra féerique la Belle au bois dormant (1912-1915). After having been the secretary general of Schola Cantorum, he became its professor of counterpoint in 1914.

Guy de Lioncourt played a major role in the foundation of the Caesar Franck School, acting as its under director, then director in 1942, all the while teaching the composition class.