Jacques Auguste Édouard Souberbielle (17 June 1899 – 29 January 1986) was a 20th-century French organist,

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

and music educator.

Biography

Souberbielle first studied with his mother, a former pupil of Émile Delaborde, son of

Charles-Valentin Alkan Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Lisz ...

. He continued his studies at the

Schola Cantorum de Paris 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 ...

with Abel Decaux, Maurice Sergent, and

Louis Vierne Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. As the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death, he focused on organ music, including six organ symphonies and a '' Messe solennelle ...

. In 1925, he obtained a first prize in

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

(under Jules Mouquet) and a first prize in organ (under

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) at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. During his career, he was choirmaster or organist of several churches in Paris: Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant, then St-Ambroise (1929–43), and finally St-Pierre-de-Chaillot and Église Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes. He married Madeleine, daughter of

Léon Bloy Léon Bloy (; 11 July 1846 – 3 November 1917) was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer (or lampoonist), and satirist, known additionally for his eventual (and passionate) defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French C ...

. They had a son, Léon Souberbielle (1923–1991), organist, choirmaster, author of a book on ''Le Plein-Jeu de l’Orgue Français à l'époque classique (1660 – 1740)'', 1977 (reissued by Delatour). From 1926, he taught the organ at the Schola Cantorum, then at the

École César Franck The École César-Franck (César Franck School, named after César Franck) was a music school founded in Paris in January 1935 by Guy de Lioncourt, Louis de Serres, Pierre de Bréville and Marcel Labey. It was produced by a split from the Schola Ca ...

from 1935, and at the l’

Institut catholique de Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

(Gregorian Institute) from 1943. He trained a number of leading organists including Arsène Bedois, Francis Chapelet, Michel Chapuis, Lynne Davis, Jacques Dussouil, André Isoir, Thierry Martin, , Jean-Albert Villard, Odile Bailleux, etc.

References

Published works

Jeux d'enfants pour piano
Delatour France (2012). EAN 9790232107240

Delatour France (2012). EAN 9790232107257

External links

Note 5 by Denis Havard de la Montagne, at the bottom of the article on Jean Fellot by É. Souberbielle. *

Alexis Galpérine Alexis Galpérine (born 1955) is a French classical violinist. Career Born in Paris, Galpérine studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Juilliard School in New York. His principal masters were Roland Charmy, Ivan Galamian and Henryk Szer ...

.
Édouard Souberbielle, un maître de l’orgue
'' Delatour France (2010). Note: Alexis Galpérine, violinist, is Édouard Souberbielle's grandson.
France Orgue
A record of varied recordings, included with Galperine's book.
''Édouard Souberbielle, grand pédagogue de l’orgue''
on Res Musica (6 June 2012)

biography with numerous photos

on Delatour France
Recordings by Édouard Souberbielle
on France-Orgue.org
Édouard Souberbielle - Divertissement pour quatuor à cordes
on YouYube {{DEFAULTSORT:Souberbielle, Edouard French classical organists French male organists Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni 1899 births People from Tarbes 1986 deaths 20th-century organists 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century classical musicians Male classical organists