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Brigitte François-Sappey (born 21 January 1944) is a French
musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
, educator,
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, and lecturer.


Biography

Brigitte François-Sappey studied music at the
Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or 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 Jean Ja ...
where she won first prizes of
music history Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view. In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of ...
,
musical analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to ans ...
, musical esthetics,
musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...
, and at the
École normale de musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot and Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (English: no ...
where she graduated for piano teaching. At the same time, she pursued graduate studies in history at the Paris IV University. After obtaining a bachelor's and master's degrees, she is a Ph.D. student in humanities and social sciences, under the direction of
Norbert Dufourcq Norbert Stéphane Jean-Marie Dufourcq (21 September 1904 – 19 December 1990) was a French organist, music educator, musicologist and musicographer. Biography Norbert Dufourcq was born in 1904 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye in the Loiret department ...
. A professor of
music history Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view. In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of ...
at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1973, she created the class of music culture in 1992, of which she is now an honorary professor. She also founded the classes of art and civilization and history of music at the Conservatoire de Lyon (1979–1982) and musical analysis at the Conservatoire Rameau of the
6th arrondissement of Paris The 6th arrondissement of Paris (''VIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le sixième''. The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in ...
(1976–1979). She has been a visiting professor at the
University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; ) is a public university, public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former Universit ...
(1978), the summer university of
Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of ÃŽle-de-France, ÃŽle-de-France region in Franc ...
(1979–1982) and at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (2003–2009). She is a member of numerous juries in superior conservatories, the
École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...
and several universities, including Paris-Sorbonne. A producer of concerts and programs at
Radio France Radio France () is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist media, generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed wi ...
(1991–1997), she has since been invited at
France Musique France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...
,
France Culture France Culture () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France Radio France () is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist ...
, as well as
Radio Suisse Romande The Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) was an enterprise unit within public-broadcasting corporation SRG SSR. It was responsible for the production and transmission of French-language radio programmes in Switzerland. RSR's headquarters were situated in ...
. She regularly participates in scientific conferences and gives numerous lectures in very different places (universities,
La Folle Journée La Folle Journée is a French annual classical music festival held in Nantes. It is the largest classical music festival in France. The festival's name refers to the Pierre Beaumarchais play ''The Marriage of Figaro'', whose alternative title i ...
of
Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
etc.). Brigitte François-Sappey is chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
, and officier of the
Ordre des Arts et Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President of France, President Cha ...
.


Publications

In addition to numerous articles and contributions to collective works, her main works deal with French and German
romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...
. * ''
Pierre Baillot Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (; 1 October 1771 – 15 September 1842) was a French violinist and composer born in Passy. He studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris together with Pierr ...
'' (Picard, 1978), * ''
Jean-François Dandrieu Jean-François Dandrieu, also spelled D'Andrieu (c. 168217 January 1738) was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist. Biography He was born in Paris into a family of artists and musicians. A gifted and precocious child, he gave hi ...
'' (Picard, 1982) , * ''
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Alexandra (disambiguation) * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (di ...
et son temps'' (Aux Amateurs de livres, 1989) , * ''Le Personnel de la Musique royale (1774–1792)'' (Picard, 1990, 1992), * ''Guide de la musique d'orgue'', in collaboration with
Gilles Cantagrel Gilles Cantagrel (born 20 November 1937) is a French musicologist, writer, lecturer and music educator. Biography Born in Paris, Cantagrel studied physics, art history and music at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and at the Conservatoi ...
(
Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayar ...
, 1991), * ''
Charles-Valentin Alkan Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 â€“ 29 March 1888) was a French 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 Liszt, amon ...
'', direction of the work (Fayard, 1991) , * ''Histoire de la musique en Europe'' (PUF, 1992), Translated into several languages * ''Guide de la mélodie et du lied'', dir. with Gilles Cantagrel (Fayard, 1994) , * ''
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...
'' (Fayard, 2000). (Grand Prix des Muses, Musicora) ,
Schumann
* ''
Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...
'' (Geneva, Éditions Papillon, 2002) , * ''Robert Schumann'' (Fayard/Mirare, 2003). Translated into Portuguese , * ''
Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...
''''Felix Mendelssohn''
/ref> (Fayard/Mirare, 2003). Translated into Portuguese , * ''
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Alexandra (disambiguation) * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (di ...
'', with
Éric Lebrun Éric Maurice Lebrun (born 19 November 1967) is a French composer, organist, musicologist, and author. His wife, Marie-Ange Leurent, is also an organist. Biography Born in Talence (Gironde), he was a former student of Gaston Litaize and Mic ...
(Bleu Nuit Éditeur, 2008) , * ''Felix Mendelssohn, la lumière de son temps'' (Fayard, 2008). (Prix Catenacci de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France) , * ''La Musique dans l’Allemagne romantique'' (Fayard, 2009) , * '' De Brahms à Mahler et Strauss. Le postromantisme allemand'' (Fayard/Mirare, 2010) , * ''Charles-Valentin Alkan'', with François Luguenot (Bleu Nuit Éditeur, 2013) , * ''La Musique en France depuis 1870'' (Fayard/Mirare, 2013) , * ''
Olivier Greif Olivier Greif (3 January 1950, Paris – 13 May 2000, Paris) was a French composer of Polish-Jewish parentage. His father was an Auschwitz survivor, which led Greif to compose a number of Holocaust-themed works, including ''Todesfuge'' and ''Let ...
Le Rêve du Monde'' (with a CD), dir. with
Jean-Michel Nectoux Jean-Michel Nectoux (born 20 November 1946) is a French musicologist, particularly noted as an expert on the life and music of Gabriel Fauré. He has published many books on Fauré and other French composers, and has been responsible for major exhi ...
(Aedam Musicae, 2013), (Prix des Muses de la Fondation Singer-Polignac 2014, Prix de la Critique 2013/2014) , * ''La Musique au tournant des siècles'' (Fayard, 2015) , * ''
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
– Chemins vers l'Absolu'' (Fayard, 2018) , * , * .


Chapters in

* ''150 ans de musique française'' (Arles,
Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...
, 1991), * ''Le Quatuor à cordes en France'' (Paris, Association française pour le patrimoine musical, 1995), * ''D'un opéra l'autre'' (Paris, Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1996), * ''Petite Encyclopédie de la Musique'' (Paris, Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1997), * ''Le Conservatoire de Paris, 1795–1995. Deux cents ans de pédagogie'' (Paris, Buchet-Chastel, 1999). * ''Comment devient-on universel ?'' (
L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in W ...
, 2005)
à propos de Mozart
* ''L'Universel (au) féminin'' (L'Harmattan, 2006), * Preface to the reissue of ''Robert et Clara Schumann, Journal intime'', (Buchet-Chastel, 2009) , * Académie des Beaux-Art

« Chopin à Paris », * ''Le Concerto pour piano français à l'épreuve des modernités'', (Actes Sud/ Centre de musique romantique française, Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2015), * .


Critical edition of musical works

* J.-F. Dandrieu (Minkoff, Schola Cantorum, Société française de Musicologie/Heugel), * A. P. F. Boëly (Choudens, Lemoine, Zurfluh, Bornemann/Leduc, Durand), * Olivier Greif
Editions Symétrie
Université Paris-Sorbonne

et Université Lyon 2).


References


External links


Association des anciens élèves et élèves des Conservatoire de Paris

Entretien avec Brigitte François-Sappey sur le site classiquenews.com à propos de sa biographie de Robert Schumann

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