Édouard Souberbielle (b. Tarbes, June 17, 1899 ; d. Paris, january 29, 1986) studied first with his mother, who had been a student of Émile Delaborde (Charles-Valentin Alkan’s son).
He later studied at the Schola Cantorum and at the Paris Conservatoire, winning first prizes in 1925 in harmony and organ. He was choirmaster of Saint-Ambroise (1929-43), organist of Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix-de-Ménilmontant and Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes.
He was later maître-de-chapelle of Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot.
He taught at the Schola Cantorum from 1926 and at the Institut Grégorien from 1943.
Edouard SOUBERBIELLE – Chartres_concours_Jury_1974. Édouard Souberbielle on the left.
( coll. A. Galpérine )