Saint-Foix, Marie Olivier Georges du Parc Poulain, Comte de
Saint-Foix, Marie Olivier Georges du Parc Poulain, Comte de (b Paris, 1874; d Aix-en-Provence, 1954). Fr. musicologist. Author, with T. de Wyzewa, of life of Mozart in 5 vols., 1912–46 (last 3 vols. by Saint-Foix alone). Wrote book on Mozart's syms. (1932, Eng. edn. 1947).
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