Le Couppey Sheet Music

Le Couppey Sheet Music and Biography

Black and White Portrait of Felix Le Couppey — _{Felix Le Couppey
14 Apr 1811-4 July 1887}

Not a great deal is known about the life of French composer Felix Le Couppey. He was born in Paris on 14th April 1811 and when he was old enough he went to the Paris Conservatoire.

We have his Op.24, No.08 Study in Bb, and Op.07, No.20 Study in C featured on our site.

Career

By the age of seventeen he became the assistant teacher of Harmony at the Paris Conservatoire.

Le Couppey went on to win awards at the Paris Conservatoire. These included the first prize for pianoforte and harmony in 1825 followed by the first prize again for pianoforte accompaniment in 1828.

Between 1837 and 1843 he was Professor of Solfège at Paris Conservatoire. He then succeeded his master to become the teacher of harmony and accompaniment until 1854. He then went on to write many textbooks for the piano with titles including Cours de piano élémentaire et progressif, École du méchanisme du piano and 24 Études primaries.

Teaching

As a music teacher some of his pupils included Édouard Batiste, the composer Émile Jonas and pianist Mathilde Bernard-Laviolette, Cécile Chaminade and Henri Verley.

Works

His works include:

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)

He died in Paris on 4th July 1887, aged seventy-six.