Ferdinand de Craywinckel explained

Ferdinand Manuel Martin Louis Barthélemy de Craywinckel (24 August 1820 – after 1888)^[1] 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, studying composition with Bellon, who was a pupil of Anton Reicha. 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.^[2] He taught music at two schools in Bordeaux. He died in Bordeaux in 1880.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Champlin, John Denison . Cyclopedia of music and musicians . Apthorp, William Foster . 1888 . C. Scribner's Sons . Ferdinand Manuel Martin. . 2008-06-13 . 372.
2. Book: Baker, Theodore . Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians . Slonimsky, Nicolas . Remy, Alfred . 1919 . G. Schirmer . 180.
3. Book: Feret . Edouard . Statistique générale: topographique, scientifique, administrative, industrielle, commerciale, agricole, historique, archéologique et biographique du département de la Gironde . 1889 . Féret et fils . 1 July 2023 . fr. 158.