The École César-Franck (César Franck School, named after

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

) was a

music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

founded in Paris in January 1935 by

Guy de Lioncourt Guy de Lioncourt (1 December 1885 in Caen – 24 or 25 December 1961 in Paris) was a French composer. Life He studied music at the Schola Cantorum de Paris under Léon de Saint-Réquier (harmony), Amédée Gastoué (Gregorian chant), André Rou ...

, Louis de Serres,

Pierre de Bréville Pierre Eugène Onfroy de Bréville (21 February 1861 – 24 September 1949) was a French composer. Biography Pierre de Bréville was born in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse (department), Meuse. Following the wishes of his parents, he studied law with the goal ...

and Marcel Labey. It was produced by a split from the

Schola Cantorum The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was founded i ...

following a disagreement over the artistic testament of

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Par ...

History

This comment by

Joseph Canteloube Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (; 21 October 18794 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, ''Chants d'Auvergne''. Biography Canteloube ...

, in his book ''Vincent d’Indy'', reports the incident : In fact, the École César-Franck opened its doors at first at the home of M. de Froberville, at number 240,

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. On 9 March it then re-installed itself at number 16, boulevard Edgar-Quinet and, from 1941, at number 3, rue Jules-Chaplain, in the

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(not far from the rue Stanislas where the first Schola had begun), and finally at number 8,

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, from 1968. The establishment closed its doors at the end of the 1980s, after the departure of Charles Brown, its last director. The title of

is retained by the school on rue Saint-Jacques.

Role

Guy de Lioncourt played a major role in the foundation of the César Franck School, acting as its under director, then director in 1942, all the while teaching the composition class. His

counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

(1914–1931) and

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(1932–1934) classes at the Schola Cantorum de Paris were formative for a multitude of famous students, as did his classes in composition (1935–1955) and of "déclamation lyrique" (1942–1954) at the César Franck School. This school trained a large number of talented musicians, among which were Charles Brown, René Benedetti, Jean Pagot,

Jeanne Joulain Jeanne Angèle Desirée Yvonne Joulain (22 July 1920 – 1 February 2010) was a French organist, concertist and music educator. Biography Born in Amiens, Joulain's first contact with music was made thanks to her musician parents. Her father, a t ...

, Éliane Lejeune-Bonnier, Antoinette Labye,

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and Denise Chapuis, Élisabeth and

Joachim Havard de la Montagne Joachim Louis-Paul Havard de la Montagne (30 November 1927 – 1 October 2003) was a French composer, organist and choral director. Life Havard de la Montagne was the son of French parents; Charles (born 1891) and Marie-Thérèse Eugénie (b ...

, Paule Piédelièvre, Philippe de Bremond d’Ars, Noëlie Pierront, Geneviève de La Salle, Charles Pineau, abbot Pierre Kaelin,Pierre Kaelin
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Louis Aubeux Canon Louis Aubeux (1917 – 8 July 1999) was a French ecclesiastic and organist. Life Born in Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Aubeux studied at the École César Franck. Auguste Fauchard, André Marchal and Marcel Dupré were among his music masters. He wa ...

Roger Calmel Roger Calmel (13 May 1920 – 4 July 1998) was a French composer. His nearly 400 works span every genre, from chamber music to opera. Originally from the Languedoc, he undertook his first musical studies in Béziers, in particular with Paul Fouq ...

, Arlette Mayer-Pize, etc.

List of directors

* 1935–1942: Louis de Serres * 1943–1955: Marcel Labey and

* 1955–1961: René Alix * 1961–1971:

Olivier Alain Olivier Georges Alain (3 August 1918 – 28 February 1994) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer. Life Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albert ...

* 1971–c.1985: Charles Brown

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole Cesar Franck Music schools in Paris Educational institutions established in 1935 1935 establishments in France