French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)

Paul Paray

Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four years. He held a succession of chief conductorships, including those of the Lamoureux and Colonne Orchestras in Paris and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in Monaco. For ten years from 1952 he was chief conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with which he made a celebrated series of recordings for Mercury Records' "Living Presence" series, many of which have been digitally released in the 21st century.

Born

1886

May 24

Died

1979

Era

1880s

Country

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Paul, in brief

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1886 Born
1979 Died

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1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.

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The world in 1979

When Paul departed

april 1 Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
april 10 Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people.
april 11 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
april 14 The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1886

Art Ross 1886–1964 Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1886) Charlie Macartney 1886–1958 Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1958) Ed Wynn 1886–1966 American actor and comedian (born 1886) Edward Weston 1886–1936 English-American chemist (born 1850) Florence Goodenough 1886–1959 American child psychologist (born 1886) Fred Quimby 1886–1965 American animation producer (died 1965) Hella Wuolijoki 1886–1954 Estonian-Finnish author and politician (born 1886) Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918 American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 1886–1965 Japanese author (died 1965)

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