The École César-Franck (César Franck School, named after

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

) was a

music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

founded in Paris in January 1935 by Guy de Lioncourt, Louis de Serres, Pierre de Bréville and

Marcel Labey Marcel Labey (6 August 1875, Vésinet – 25 November 1968, Nancy) was a French conductor and composer. Life He was born to a family of magistrates and studied law in Paris (gaining his doctorate in 1898) before turning to music. He learned ...

. It was produced by a split from the

Schola Cantorum 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 founde ...

following a disagreement over the artistic testament of

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the P ...

History

This comment by

Joseph Canteloube Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (; 21 October 18794 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, '' Chants d'Auvergne''. Biography Canteloub ...

, in his book ''Vincent d’Indy'', reports the incident : In fact, the École César-Franck opened its doors at first at the home of M. de Froberville, at number 240,

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. On 9 March it then re-installed itself at number 16, boulevard Edgar-Quinet and, from 1941, at number 3, rue Jules-Chaplain, in the

6th arrondissement of Paris The 6th arrondissement of Paris (''VIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le sixième''. The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of ...

(not far from the rue Stanislas where the first Schola had begun), and finally at number 8,

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, from 1968. The establishment closed its doors at the end of the 1980s, after the departure of Charles Brown, its last director. The title of

is retained by the school on rue Saint-Jacques.

Role

Guy de Lioncourt played a major role in the foundation of the César Franck School, acting as its under director, then director in 1942, all the while teaching the composition class. His counterpoint (1914–1931) and

music composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called c ...

(1932–1934) classes at the Schola Cantorum de Paris were formative for a multitude of famous students, as did his classes in composition (1935–1955) and of "déclamation lyrique" (1942–1954) at the César Franck School. This school trained a large number of talented musicians, among which were Charles Brown, René Benedetti, Jean Pagot, Jeanne Joulain, Éliane Lejeune-Bonnier, Antoinette Labye, Michel and Denise Chapuis, Élisabeth and

Joachim Havard de la Montagne Joachim Louis-Paul Havard de la Montagne (30 November 1927 – 1 October 2003) was a French composer, organist and choral director. Life Havard de la Montagne was the son of French parents; Charles (born 1891) and Marie-Thérèse Eugénie (b ...

, Paule Piédelièvre, Philippe de Bremond d’Ars,

Noëlie Pierront Noëlie Marie-Antoinette Pierront (23 September 1899 – 25 September 1988) was a 20th-century French organist, concertist and music educator. Biography Born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, Pierront started to study the pipe organ with Abel ...

, Geneviève de La Salle, Charles Pineau, abbot Pierre Kaelin,Pierre Kaelin
/ref> canon Louis Aubeux, Roger Calmel, Arlette Mayer-Pize, etc.

List of directors

* 1935–1942: Louis de Serres * 1943–1955:

and Guy de Lioncourt * 1955–1961: René Alix * 1961–1971:

Olivier Alain Olivier Georges Alain (3 August 1918 – 28 February 1994) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer. Life Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albe ...

* 1971–c.1985: Charles Brown

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole Cesar Franck Music schools in Paris Educational institutions established in 1935 1935 establishments in France