Paul Antonin Vidal was born in Toulouse in 1863 and died in Paris in 1931. After having studied at the Conservatory of his hometown, he continued at the Conservatoire de Musique de Paris and finished in 1879 with a first prize in harmony and in 1881 a 1st prize in counterpoint. He was 1st Grand Prix of Rome in 1883 and became deputy choirmaster at the Opera in 1889, director of singing in 1892 and conductor in 1906. From 1914 to 1919 he was director of music at the Opéra Comique.

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