Lalo, Edouard, << la LOH, ay DWAR >> (1823-1892), was a French composer. His best-known work, Symphonie Espagnole (1875), is a five movement violin concerto that features Spanish themes. Lalo’s other important compositions include the Cello Concerto (1877), the ballet Namouna (1882), and the opera Le Roi d’Ys (1888). Lalo was largely responsible for reviving interest in chamber music in France in the 1850’s. In 1855, he helped found a chamber music group called the Armingaud-Jacquard Quartet in which he played viola and violin. Lalo was born in Lille on Jan. 27, 1823. He died on April 22, 1892.
