Lucien Cailliet(1891-1985)
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Prolific composer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, clarinetist and
educator, educated at the Conservatory of Dijon and the Philadelphia
Musical Academy. He studied with Paul Fauchet, Georges Caussades, and
Gabriel Pares. In 1935: Officier d'Academie, in France. He arrived in
the United States in 1918 and became an American citizen in 1923. He
arranged for the Philadelphia Orchestra (where he was a bass
clarinetist), and conducted the orchestras at Interlochen, Michigan,
where he served as professor of music. Also, USC conductor, the Balle
Russe de Monte Carlo. He was later associated with the
musical-instrument manufacturer G. Leblanc Company while residing in
Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he conducted the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra
through 1960. Cailliet was a personal friend and at one time a neighbor
in Beverly Hills, California of José Iturbi,
who appeared with Cailliet in symphony concerts.
