Georges Caussade
Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade (20 November 1873 – 5 August 1936) was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator.
Also recorded as Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade
Georges Caussade
- Born
- 1873 · Port Louis.
- Died
- 1936 · Chanteloup-les-Vignes.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · musicologist · music educator · music theorist · pedagogue
- Fields
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade (20 November 1873 – 5 August 1936) was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator.
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Claude Arrieu, Noël Gallon and Georges Auric are recorded as having studied under Georges Caussade. 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.
Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1905 as a teacher of counterpoint. He began teaching fugue at the school as well in 1921; a position his wife, composer Simone Plé-Caussade, took over in 1928. Among his notable students were members of Les Six, such as Georges Auric and Germaine Tailleferre. Other students included Jehan Alain, Elsa Barraine, Lili Boulanger, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Georges Dandelot, Claude Delvincourt, Léon Destroismaisons, Georges Hugon, Jeanne Leleu, Eugène Lapierre, Gaston Litaize, Paul Pierné, Georges-Émile Tanguay, Henri Tomasi, Marcel Tournier, and Marios Varvoglis. In 1931 he published a book on the subject of harmony, Technique de l'harmonie. His most notable compositions are the operas Selgar et Moina and Légende de Saint George. Caussade died aged 62 in Chanteloup-les-Vignes.
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