Biography
Vilbac entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 13 to study the pipe organ with François Benoist and musical composition, composition with Fromental Halévy. Two years later, in 1844, he won the second "Grand prix de Rome, Prix de Rome" with his cantata ''Le Renégat de Tanger'' on a text by Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret. Returning to Paris after his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, Vilbac became the holder of the great organ Merklin-Schütz of the église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile in 1855.Works
Lyrical works
*1857: ''Au clair de lune'', operetta on a libretto by Antoine de Léris, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. *1858: ''Don Almanzor'', opéra bouffe on a libretto by Eugène Labat and Louis Ulbach, at the Théâtre Lyrique.Music for piano
* ''Menuet Louis XV'', Op. 31 * ''Ophélia'', nocturne * ''Petite fantaisie sur la mélodie de Tissot'' * ''Lili-Polka'' * ''Petite poupée chérie'', waltz * ''Caresses enfantines'', mazurka * ''Echo du désert'', rêverie arabe * ''Sonnez clairons'', military march * ''Caprice Styrien'' * ''Fior di speranza'', romance sans paroles * ''École complète et progressive du piano'', in 7 volumes (Paris: Choudens, c.1871) * ''Les Arabesques'', Op. 32 (Paris: Heugel (music publisher), Heugel, 1871) * ''La Neige'', mazurka russe (Paris: Léon Grus, c.1871) * ''Échos de l'enfance'', 12 esquisses musicales (Paris: Enoch, c.1877) * ''1re Polonaise'' (Paris: Enoch, c.1877) * ''Deuxième styrienne'' (Paris: Enoch, 1879) * ''Fantaisie sur I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' by Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini (Braunschweig: Litolff) * ''Fantaisie sur Norma (opera), Norma'' by Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini (Braunschweig: Litolff) * ''Potpourri sur Coppélia'' (ballet by Léo Delibes), for piano 4 hands (Berlin: A. Fürstner) * ''Beautés de Coppélia'' (ballet by Léo Delibes), 2 suites for piano 4 hands (c.1885) * ''Bouquet de mélodies sur La Mascotte'', opéra comique by Edmond Audran, 2 suites for piano 4 hands (c.1881)Music for organ and harmonium
* ''Perles de l'harmonium'', 80 Transcriptions of classical pieces (Braunschweig: Litolff, c.1875) * ''L'Orgue moderne'', twelve pieces applicable to harmoniums, small and large organs, in 2 series (Paris: Heugel (music publisher), Heugel, c.1868) * ''L’Organiste Catholique'', in 3 vols. (London, Boston, New York, Milan and Paris: Litolff) **Vol. 1: 12 Offertoires, 12 Élévations ou Communions et 12 Sorties **Vol. 2: Antiennes, Versets, Marches, Processions, Préludes **Vol. 3: 12 Offertoires originaux pour les principales fêtes de l'annéeExternal links
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