Édouard Souberbielle

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

Biography

Souberbielle first studied with his mother, a former pupil of Émile Delaborde, son of Charles-Valentin Alkan.

He continued his studies at the Schola Cantorum de Paris with Abel Decaux, Maurice Sergent, and Louis Vierne. In 1925, he obtained a first prize in harmony (under Jules Mouquet) and a first prize in organ (under Eugène Gigout) at the Conservatoire de Paris.

During his career, he was choirmaster or organist of several churches in Paris:

He married Madeleine, daughter of Léon Bloy. 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

Published works

• Jeux d'enfants pour piano, Delatour France (2012). EAN 9790232107240
• Divertissement pour quatuor à cordes, Delatour France (2012). EAN 9790232107257

External links

• Musica et Memoria Note 5 by Denis Havard de la Montagne, at the bottom of the article on Jean Fellot by É. Souberbielle.
• Alexis Galpérine. 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)
• Un Maître de l'orgue, Édouard Souberbielle biography with numerous photos
• Édouard Souberbielle, un maître de l'orgue on Delatour France
• Recordings by Édouard Souberbielle on France-Orgue.org
• Édouard Souberbielle - Divertissement pour quatuor à cordes on YouYube