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Minutes of the Conseil supérieur de l’enseignement of the Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation, directorate of Henri Rabaud (1920-1940)

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octobre 1920-avril 1940

Transcription and presentation by Clémence Genier, Arthur Macé and Yannaël Pasquier. June 2025.

The Conseil Supérieur de l’enseignement of the Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation is an authority whose purposes are defined by the decree of 5 May 1896. It brings together, around the director of the Conservatoire, an assembly of teachers at the school, composers, playwrights and theatre critics, and representatives of the state and the national theatres, to discuss any issues relating to the teaching given within the school. This document is a transcription of the Council’s minutes, limited to meetings held under the direction of Henri Rabaud, that is from October 1920 to April 1940. This transcription is completed in an appendix by a list of the members of the Council during the period in question, a thematic index and an index of the names cited.

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Conductor, Composer

Henri RABAUD

(1873 - 1949)

Librettist

Adolphe ADERER

(1855 - 1923)

Baritone, Bass

André ALLARD

(1874 - 1939)

Violinist

Yvonne ASTRUC

(1889 - 1980)

Librettist

Émile AUGIER

(1820 - 1889)

Poet

Théodore de BANVILLE

(1823 - 1891)

Composer, Pianist

Elsa BARRAINE

(1910 - 1999)

Mezzo-soprano

Jane BATHORI

(1877 - 1970)

Composer, Cellist

Paul BAZELAIRE

(1886 - 1958)

Man of letters

Pierre-Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAIS

(1732 - 1799)

Actor

Georges BERR

(1867 - 1942)

Composer

Albert BERTELIN

(1872 - 1951)

Composer

André BLOCH

(1873 - 1960)

Pianist

Suzanne BODET

(1905 - 1995)

Soprano

Agnès BORGO

(1879 - 1958)

Violinist

Jules BOUCHERIT

(1877 - 1962)

Conductor, Composer, Organist, Pianist

Nadia BOULANGER

(1887 - 1979)

Journalist

Fernand BOURGEAT

(1851 - 1932)

Soprano

Georgette BRÉJAN-SILVER

(1870 - 1951)

Soprano

Lucienne BRÉVAL

(1869 - 1935)

Composer, Journalist

Pierre de BRÉVILLE

(1861 - 1949)

Composer, Journalist

Alfred BRUNEAU

(1857 - 1934)

Conductor, Composer, Organist

Henri BUSSER

(1872 - 1973)

Soprano

Jeanne CAMPREDON

(1884 - 19..)

Composer

Marguerite CANAL

(1890 - 1978)

Composer, Violinist

Lucien CAPET

(1873 - 1928)

Violinist

Louis CAREMBAT

(1892)

Soprano

Rose CARON

(1857 - 1930)

Theatre director

Albert CARRÉ

(1852 - 1938)

Composer

Georges CAUSSADE

(1873 - 1936)

Soprano

Suzanne CESBRON-VISEUR

(1879 - 1967)

Journalist

Jean CHANTAVOINE

(1877 - 1952)

Composer, Organist

Auguste CHAPUIS

(1858 - 1933)

Conductor, Composer

Gustave CHARPENTIER

(1860 - 1956)

Dancer

Jeanne CHASLES

(1869 - 1939)

Stage manager

Pierre CHÉREAU

(1874 - 1948)

Conductor, Composer

Camille CHEVILLARD

(1859 - 1923)

Conductor, Pianist

Alfred CORTOT

(1877 - 1962)

Librettist

Francis de CROISSET

(1877 - 1937)

Mezzo-soprano

Claire CROIZA

(1882 - 1946)

Composer, Organist

Henri-Édouard DALLIER

(1849 - 1934)

Baritone

Henri DANGÈS

(1872 - 1958)

Writer

Alphonse DAUDET

(1840 - 1897)

Composer

Claude DELVINCOURT

(1888 - 1954)

Composer

Suzanne DEMARQUEZ

(1891 - 1965)

Soprano

Hélène DEMELLIER

(18.. - 19..)

Soprano

Marcelle DEMOUGEOT

(1876 - 1931)

Librettist

Maurice DONNAY

(1859 - 1945)

Librettist, Poet

Camille DOUCET

(1812 - 1895)

Composer, Organist

Théodore DUBOIS

(1837 - 1924)

Composer, Journalist

Paul DUKAS

(1865 - 1935)

Librettist, Writer

Alexandre DUMAS

(1802 - 1870)

Composer, Organist

Marcel DUPRÉ

(1886 - 1971)

Composer, Pianist

Alphonse DUVERNOY

(1842 - 1907)

Baritone

Edmond DUVERNOY

(1844 - 1926)

Tenor

Émile ENGEL

(1847 - 1927)

Tenor, Librettist, Lyricist

Henri FABERT

(1879 - 1941)

Librettist

Émile FABRE

(1869 - 1955)

Composer, Organist, Pianist

Gabriel FAURÉ

(1845 - 1924)

Poet

Maurice FAURE

(1850 - 1919)

Soprano

Rose FÉART

(1878 - 1954)

Conductor, Composer, Bassoonist, Pianist

Édouard FLAMENT

(1880 - 1958)

Librettist

Robert de FLERS

(1872 - 1927)

Librettist, Journalist

Anatole FRANCE

(1844 - 1924)

Tenor

Fernand FRANCELL

(1880 - 1966)

Soprano

Yvonne GALL

(1885 - 1972)

Composer, Pianist

Noël GALLON

(1891 - 1966)

Conductor, Composer, Flautist

Philippe GAUBERT

(1879 - 1941)

Librettist

Paul GAVAULT

(1867 - 1951)

Composer

André GEDALGE

(1856 - 1926)

Librettist

Pierre-Barthélemy GHEUSI

(1865 - 1943)

Composer, Organist

Eugène GIGOUT

(1844 - 1925)

Librettist, Actor

Edmond GOT

(1822 - 1901)

Soprano

Louise GRANDJEAN

(1870 - 1934)

Bass

André GRESSE

(1868 - 1937)

Conductor, Composer

Gabriel GROVLEZ

(1879 - 1944)

Librettist

Abel HERMANT

(1862 - 1950)

Singer, Journalist, Poet

Amédée-Louis HETTICH

(1856 - 1937)

Composer

Georges HÜE

(1858 - 1948)

Librettist, Writer

Victor HUGO

(1802 - 1885)

Composer

Jacques IBERT

(1890 - 1962)

Conductor, Composer

Vincent d' INDY

(1851 - 1931)

Conductor, Composer

Désiré-Émile INGHELBRECHT

(1880 - 1965)

Baritone, Bass

Jacques ISNARDON

(1860 - 1930)

Composer

Henri KAISER

(1861 - 1921)

Composer

Charles KOECHLIN

(1867 - 1950)

Poet

Jean de LA FONTAINE

(1621 - 1695)

Composer

Jacques de LA PRESLE

(1888 - 1969)

Journalist

Pierre LALO

(1866 - 1943)

Journalist

Louis LALOY

(1874 - 1944)

Lyricist

Albert LAMBERT

(18.. - 19..)

Composer

Raoul LAPARRA

(1876 - 1943)

Mezzo-soprano

Ketty LAPEYRETTE

(1884 - 1960)

Conductor, Composer, Pianist

Georges de LAUSNAY

(1882 - 1964)

Composer

Sylvio LAZZARI

(1857 - 1944)

Pianist

Yvonne LEFÉBURE

(1898 - 1986)

Violinist

Augustin LEFORT

(1852 - 1933)

Composer, Pianist

Jeanne LELEU

(1898 - 1979)

Librettist

Jules LEMAÎTRE

(1853 - 1914)

Harpist

Renée LÉNARS

(1889 - 1971)

Composer

René LENORMAND

(1846 - 1932)

Pianist

Lazare LÉVY

(1882 - 1964)

Pianist

Marguerite LONG

(1874 - 1966)

Writer

Henry MALHERBE

(1887 - 1958)

Cellist

Maurice MARÉCHAL

(1892 - 1964)

Conductor, Composer, Theatre director

Louis MASSON

(1878 - 1957)

Composer

Jules MAZELLIER

(1879 - 1959)

Librettist

Henri MEILHAC

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Baritone

Pierre Léon MELCHISSÉDEC

(1843 - 1925)

Librettist

Charles MÉRÉ

(1883 - 1970)

Conductor, Composer, Organist

André MESSAGER

(1853 - 1929)

Composer, Organist

Édouard MIGNAN

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Playwright

MOLIÈRE

(1622 - 1673)

Composer

Jules MOUQUET

(1867 - 1946)

Poet, Writer

Alfred de MUSSET

(1810 - 1857)

Conductor, Composer

Max d’ OLLONE

(1875 - 1959)

Poet

Édouard PAILLERON

(1834 - 1899)

Conductor, Composer

Paul PARAY

(1886 - 1979)

Composer, Violist

Raymond PECH

(1876 - 1952)

Composer, Pianist, Journalist

Isidore PHILIPP

(1863 - 1958)

Conductor, Composer, Organist

Gabriel PIERNÉ

(1863 - 1937)

Composer, Pianist

Simone PLÉ

(1897 - 1985)

Librettist

François PONSARD

(1814 - 1867)

Singer, Lyricist, Composer

Jean RACINE

(1639 - 1699)

Conductor, Composer, Pianist

Maurice RAVEL

(1875 - 1937)

Poet

Jean-François REGNARD

(1655 - 1709)

Baritone

Maurice RENAUD

(1860 - 1933)

Poet, Writer

Jean RICHEPIN

(1849 - 1926)

Composer, Pianist

Santiago RIERA

(1867 - 19..)

Soprano

Gabrielle RITTER-CIAMPI

(1886 - 1974)

Librettist

André RIVOIRE

(1872 - 1930)

Composer

ROGER-DUCASSE

(1873 - 1954)

Man of letters, Poet

Edmond ROSTAND

(1868 - 1918)

Theatre director

Jacques ROUCHÉ

(1862 - 1957)

Composer

Paul ROUGNON

(1846 - 1934)

Composer

Albert ROUSSEL

(1869 - 1937)

Tenor

THOMAS SALIGNAC

(1867 - 1943)

Composer

Marcel SAMUEL-ROUSSEAU

(1882 - 1955)

Woman of letters

George SAND

(1804 - 1876)

Journalist

Francisque SARCEY

(1827 - 1899)

Composer

Florent SCHMITT

(1870 - 1958)

Violinist

Édith SCHVARTZ

(1898 - 1998)

Librettist

Michel-Jean SEDAINE

(1719 - 1797)

Composer

Charles SILVER

(1868 - 1949)

Composer, Baritone, Tenor

Eugène SIZES

(1872 - 1946)

Composer, Pianist, Journalist

Marcelle SOULAGE

(1894 - 1970)

Violinist

Caroline TALLUEL

(1888 - 1977)

Composer, Organist

Charles TOURNEMIRE

(1870 - 1939)

Composer, Harpist

Marcel TOURNIER

(1879 - 1951)

Poet

Jules TRUFFIER

(1856 - 1943)

Baritone, Bass

VANNI-MARCOUX

(1877 - 1962)

Conductor, Composer

Paul VIDAL

(1863 - 1931)

Bass

Félix VIEUILLE

(1872 - 1953)

Composer, Organist

Charles-Marie WIDOR

(1844 - 1937)

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