Ferdinand Manuel Martin Louis Barthélemy de Craywinckel (24 August 1820 – after 1888) was a Spanish-French conductor and composer. He was born in Madrid into a family of aristocratic Belgian descent and moved to Bordeaux at age 5. He studied at the

Conservatoire de Bordeaux The Conservatoire de Bordeaux is an arts conservatory that offers higher education in music, dance and drama in Bordeaux, France. It is one of the leading schools in France for singers and saxophonists. Founded in 1821, the school is operated by ...

, studying composition with Bellon, who was a pupil of

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ...

. He was maitre de chapelle at St. Bruno, where he lived after 1825. He wrote many masses and other church works which are of high calibre. He taught music at two schools in Bordeaux. He died in Bordeaux in 1880.

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