Joseph Joubert (15 March 1878 – 15 November 1963) was a French Catholic priest and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational h ...

Biography

Born in

Coëx Coëx () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The organist Joseph Joubert (1878–1963) was born in Coëx. Points of interest * Jardin des Olfacties See also *Communes of the Vendée depart ...

, Joubert was ordained a priest on 22 February 1902. He was appointed secretary and vice-chancellor of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lucionensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Luçon'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its see is Luçon Cathedral in the commune of Luçon. The diocese compr ...

in 1919. He also held the position of chaplain of the Carmel from July 1904 until his death. He studied music 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 ...

from 1903 to 1904. Upon the sudden death of his predecessor, he had to abandon his studies in order to hold the position of titular organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon from 1904 to 1935, then from 1940 to 1946. Joubert died in

Luçon Luçon () is a commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire region, western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais. Luçon Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Luçon (comprising the Vendée), where Cardinal Richelieu onc ...

in 1963.

Publications

He had the idea of soliciting composers to ask them for unpublished pieces for organ or harmonium (590) which he collected and had published in 8 volumes (1912 and 1914) at Éditions

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in Paris. This important anthology is entitled ''

Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue is an eight-volume collection edited by abbot Joseph Joubert published by Éditions Maurice Senart; the first three volumes appeared in 1912. The first six volumes are "for organ or harmonium", so the pieces in th ...

''. "We knew that the only pages of organ, written by Russian composers since the beginning of the 20th century, had been written at the request of a certain Joubert, organist from Luçon, in France. That is why we consider Joseph Joubert as the founder of the contemporary Russian organ school." Vladimir Shlyapnikoff, director of the

Saint Petersburg Court Chapel The St. Petersburg State Academic Capella (russian: Государственная академическая капелла Санкт-Петербурга) (also: Glinka State Academic Capella), is the oldest active Russian professional musical ...

, mentioned by abbot Abel Gaborit. (in ''Musica et Memoria'') After the First World War, in 1921 he began publishing parts for organ or harmonium in booklet form, ''Les Voix de la douleur chrétienne'' at A. Ledent-Malay in Brussel, as a tribute to the disappeared. First booklet: *

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: ''Pro Patria'', ''Pro Defunctis'', ''Pro Vulneratis'', ''Pro Lacrymantibus'', ''Pro Deo''. * : ''Marche funèbre, Épitaphe''. *

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: ''Choral à la manière de Franck''. *

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: 4 improvisations inspired by the Office of the Deceased: ''Requiem æternam, Pie Jesu, Quid sum miser, Recordare Jesu Pie''. Second booklet: *

Eugène Gigout Eugène Gigout (; 23 March 1844 – 9 December 1925) was a French organist and a composer, mostly of music for his own instrument. Biography Gigout was born in Nancy, and died in Paris. A pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns, he served as the organi ...

: ''Pièce brève''. * Paul Silva Hérard: L’heure du Glas. *

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: ''Suite héroïque''. * : ''Élégie et Marche triomphale''. * Jean Vadon: ''Suite''. *

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: ''Offertoire funèbre''. Third booklet: * Jean Marcel Lizotte: Three ''Petits préludes'' in E minor. * Gaston Singery: inspired by the deceased. * Abbot Louis Boyer: ''Lamento''. * René Quignard: ''Dans les ruines d’une Église martyre, Nuit de Noël, Prière au Sacré Cœur de Jésus''. * Maurice Reuchsel:''Offertoire hommage aux âmes héroïques, Communion Près d’une tombe délaissée, Absoute sur le chemin de l’Exil.'' * Amédée Reuchsel: ''In memoriam, Fuga tristis.'' * : ''Ode funèbre'' and ''Action de grâces''. Fourth booklet of the ''Voix de la douleur chrétienne'' (1924): * Henry Defosse from Paris, Jean-Marcel Lizotte from Bordeaux, Edmudo Torres from Seville, Marcel Courtonne from Nantes, Paul de Maleingreau from Brussels, L. Monière from Caen: ''Pièces funèbres, Mater dolorosa, Résignation, Sérénité, Gloria in excelsis, Venite ad me omnes, Ego sum vita, Confide Fili, Ne Recorderis, Credo quod Resemptor meus vivit, Stabat Mater dolorosa, Prière aux morts glorieux.'' Fifth booklet: * Désiré Walter:Désiré Walter
on data.bnf.fr ''Stabat mater, Recordare, Oro supplex, Fiat et Lux perpetua''. Sixth booklet: ''À la mémoire des Morts de la patrie'': * Léo de Pachmann: ''Préludes, Elégie, Consolation, Prière, Apothéose''.

References

External links

Detailed article and photo by canon Joseph Vité, organist, president of the "Amis de l'orgue de la Vendée", dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Luçon. June 2010.
Maîtres contemporains de l’orgue (Joubert, Joseph)
on IMSLP {{DEFAULTSORT:Joubert, Abbe Joseph 1878 births People from Vendée French Roman Catholic priests 1963 deaths Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni French classical organists French male organists Male classical organists