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Longy used the many positions that he held in the groups that he worked with to premier new French music to the Boston public. He premiered composers such as Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Berlioz, Hahn and D'Indy in
America and brought a new wave of French music to the United States. In 1915 Longy created
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Georges Gillet, where by the age of 18 he was awarded the first prize for oboe. He spent the majority of his career with the BSO, and, after 27 years with them, Longy retired so that he could spend time on his farm in France. In the last five years of Longy's life he no longer continued to
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Longy started his career as an oboist in Europe where he played with such orchestras as the
Lamoureux and the Colonne. In 1895 Longy tried to restore the Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent, an influential Parisian chamber group that had disbanded. In 1898, the
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called on him to fill the position of principal oboist in that ensemble. Longy founded a number of instrumental groups during his years in Boston. These included The New York
Chamber Music Association in 1913, The Boston Orchestral Club in 1899 with his friend
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Georges Longy was a gifted oboist, consistently praised by his peers for his abilities. In 1915 during a performance with the BSO, Fritz
Kreisler became "captivated by the perfection of Mr. Longy's great art... became so absorbed that he missed his entrance."
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play the oboe, but instead turned his attention to looking after his two hundred head of cattle and poultry. Longy died on his farm in 1930. Six months later the BSO honored Longy with a memorial concert on
November 3, 1930.
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to bring the French style of teaching to the Boston community. Georges Longy left the Longy School in the hands of his daughter
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after he retired to France. Longy championed chamber music, and his legacy is felt by the city of Boston to this day.
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