Dinaric Alps
the name applied to the mountains connecting the Julian Julian Alps with the Balkan system. The main range stretches from N. W. to S. E., separating Dalmatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as far as the mouth of the Narenta; and DINORNIS a minor chain extends through the Dalmatian coast country. The mountains are principally calcareous; the highest summits are Orjen (6,225) and Dinara (5,940), and the mean height is 2,300 feet.
D'INDY (PAUL MARIE THÉO- DORE), VINCENT, a French composer, He was born at Paris, 1851, and was educated in Paris schools, becoming a pupil of César Franck for musical composition, and chief of the choirs of the Concerts Colonne, 1874. He received the Grand Post for musical composition in 1885 and was the founder, with Charles Bordes, of the Schola Cantorum, of which he continued director after Bordes' death.
He was professor at the Conservatoire and a member of the Commission de l'Enseignment musical of Paris. His publications include: "Franck," "Beethoven"; musical) "La Légende de Saint Christophe," a sacred drama, "Le Chant de la Cloche"; 3 symphonies; and other works.