DINDORF, KARL WILHELM German classical scholar, was born at Leipzig. After completing F. Invernizi's edition of Aristophanes (1826), and editing several grammarians and rhetoricians, he was, in 1828, appointed extra ordinary professor at Leipzig, a post which he resigned in 1883. He edited Athenaeus (18 2 7) and the Greek dramatists, both separately and combined in his Poetae scenici Graeci (183o and later editions). He also wrote a work on the metres of the Greek dramatic poets, and compiled special lexicons to Aeschylus and Sophocles. He edited Procopius for Niebuhr's Corpus of the Byzantine writers, and between 1846 and 1851 brought out at Oxford an important edition of Demosthenes; he also edited Lucian and Josephus for the Didot classics. His last important editorial labour was his Eusebius of Caesarea (1867-71) . Much of his attention was occupied by the republication of Stephanus's Thesaurus (Paris, 1831-65), chiefly executed by him and his brother Ludwig, a work of prodigious labour and utility.
His brother LUDWIG (1805-18 7 1) led so secluded a life that many doubted his existence, and declared that he was a mere pseudonym. The important share which he took in the edition of the Thesaurus is nevertheless authenticated by his own signa ture to his contributions. He also published valuable editions of Polybius, Dio Cassius and other Greek historians.
D'INDY, PAUL - MARIE - THEODORE - VINCENT (1851-1931) , French musical composer, was born in Paris on March 27, 1851. He studied composition and the organ at the Paris Conservatoire under Cesar Franck, and obtained the grand prize offered by the city of Paris in 1885 with Le Chant de la Cloche, a dramatic legend after Schiller. His principal works include the symphonic trilogy Wallenstein, the symphonic works entitled Sauge fleurie, La Foret enchantee, Istar, Symphonie sur un air montagnard f rancais; overture to Anthony and Cleopatra; Ste. Marie Magdeleine, a cantata; Attendez-moi sous l'orme, a one-act opera ; Fervaal, a music drama in three acts ; and La Legende de Saint-Christophe, a hybrid work, part oratorio, part opera, part symphony, containing some of his finest music. Vincent d'Indy is perhaps the most prominent among the disciples of Cesar Franck. He has been guided by the loftiest ideals, and few musi cians have laboured more strenuously or disinterestedly in the service of art. His opera Fervaal, which is styled "action musicale," is constructed upon the leading motive system. Its legendary subject recalls both Parsifal and Tristan, and the music is also suggestive of Wagnerian influences. As founder and di rector of the Schola Cantorum d'Indy has done magnificent work as a teacher, and the briefest record of his activities would be incomplete which omitted reference to his indefatigable propa gandist labours on behalf of his master, Cesar Franck.