Félix Le Couppey

Félix Le Couppey studied at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse. Training under Victor Dourlen is recorded. Édouard Batiste, Émile Jonas and Cécile Chaminade are recorded as having studied under Félix Le Couppey. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse.

Le Couppey was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Victor Dourlen. At the age of 17 he became assistant professor of harmony, receiving the first prize in pianoforte and harmony in 1825, and in pianoforte accompaniment in 1828. In 1837, he became professor of solfège, succeeding Henri Herz and Victor Dourlen in harmony and accompaniment in 1843. From 1854 to 1886, he taught piano and wrote a larger number of textbooks for the instrument such as École du méchanisme du piano, 24 Études primaries, and Cours de piano élémentaire et progressif. Among his pupils were the singer Édouard Batiste, the composer Émile Jonas and the pianists Mathilde Bernard-Laviolette, Cécile Chaminade, and Henri Verley. Couppey He died in Paris on 4 July 1887.

• Cours de piano • A B C du piano • L'Alphabet • Le Progrès • L'Agilité • Le Style • La Difficulté • École du méchanisme du piano • L'Art du piano (50 études with annotations) • De l'enseignement du piano: Conseils Aux Eleves Et Aux Jeunes Professeurs (1882) • 15 Studies for the Pianoforte, Preface to Czerny's Velocity Studies • The Alphabet • Conseils aux femmes professeurs • Troisieme etude de salon (1842)

Félix Le Couppey is recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as pianist, composer, music educator and musician.