Édouard Batiste

Grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Édouard Batiste (28 March 1820 – 9 November 1876) was a French composer and organist.

Career

Batiste was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatory as a teenager, winning prizes in solfège, harmony and accompaniment, counterpoint and fugue, and organ. In 1840, he won the Prix de Rome together with François Bazin.[1]

In 1842, he became the organist at the church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris, where he remained for twelve years, before becoming organist at Saint-Eustache Church. While at Saint-Eustache, he performed the organ in the premiere of Hector Berlioz's Te Deum in April 1855, conducted by the composer.[1]

He died in Paris aged 56.

His students included Edward Morris Bowman,[2] composer Léo Delibes, who was also his nephew, and Joseph Lennon.

References

  1. ^ a b Rollin Smith, January 2007. Édouard Batiste; retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. ^ Garbett, A. S. (July 1911). ""The Etude Gallery of Musical Celebrities"". The Etude. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Company.
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