Dynam-Victor Fumet

Dynam-Victor Fumet (4 May 1867 – 2 June 1949) was a French composer and organist. Life Born in Toulouse in 1867, son of a very strict watchmaker, Dynam-Victor Fumet began his musical studies at the municipal Conservatory where his exceptional talents were very quickly recognized, and where he received all the possible prizes. At the age of 16, he entered the Paris National Conservatory, where he studied organ with César Franck and composition with Ernest Guiraud. The city of Toulouse voted him a scholarship to finish his studies in Paris, and he was sent off to the capital city accompanied by the municipal band. At first his studies in Paris were pursued with hard work, but once finally freed from his father’s stifling education, he soon began to frequent anarchist groups (Louise Michel, Prince Kropotkine, Jean Grave, Charles Malato). He continued none-the-less his musical studies at the conservatory, where his fellow students nicknamed him “Dynam”, probably both because of the dynamic way he played and because of the way he lived. At 19 he entered the competition to obtain the “Prix de Rome”, was congratulated by Reyer and complimented by Saint-Saens, but did not win the prize, pe