Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé
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Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé (May 31, 1804 – August 21, 1864) was a French
music theorist and music teacher.
Chevé was born in Douarnenez. He entered the Marines at age 16 and qualified there to become a doctor and surgeon. In 1835, he returned to Paris and studied medicine and mathematics. He also visited a course taught by Aimé Paris
, who propagated a music notation system inherited from Pierre Galin
. He was very attracted to the method, and when he ended up marrying Paris's sister Nanine, he promoted and developed it together with Paris.
From 1844, he gave in Paris more than 150 courses in the method, which was became known as the Galin-Paris-Chevé method. He also edited with his wife a series of textbooks that were used at such schools as the École normale supérieure
, the École polytechnique
and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand
.
His son Amand Chevé carried forth his interest in the system. Under John Curwen
it came into the English-speaking world, and was carried by Lowell Mason
into the United States. A hundred years later, the Hungarian music educator Zoltán Kodály
adapted the system in his Kodály Method
.
He is also the father of Émile-Frédéric-Maurice Chevé (1829-after 1890), a poet.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
music theorist and music teacher.
Chevé was born in Douarnenez. He entered the Marines at age 16 and qualified there to become a doctor and surgeon. In 1835, he returned to Paris and studied medicine and mathematics. He also visited a course taught by Aimé Paris
Aimé Paris
Aimé Paris was a French scholar. He was the developer of a method of stenography, and co-developer and propagator of what became the Galin-Paris-Chevé system of music notation.Paris studied mathematics and law, and became a lawyer...
, who propagated a music notation system inherited from Pierre Galin
Pierre Galin
Pierre Galin was a French music educator, and developer of what became the Galin-Paris-Chevé system.Galin studied mathematics and commerce, and became a mathematics teacher in Bourdeaux, at a school for children with speech and hearing difficulties...
. He was very attracted to the method, and when he ended up marrying Paris's sister Nanine, he promoted and developed it together with Paris.
From 1844, he gave in Paris more than 150 courses in the method, which was became known as the Galin-Paris-Chevé method. He also edited with his wife a series of textbooks that were used at such schools as the École normale supérieure
École normale supérieure
An école normale supérieure or ENS is a type of publicly funded higher education in France. A portion of the student body who are French civil servants are called Normaliens....
, the École polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a public secondary school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most rigorous in France. Formerly known as the Collège de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage.It offers both a...
.
His son Amand Chevé carried forth his interest in the system. Under John Curwen
John Curwen
Reverend John Curwen was an English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education. He was educated at Wymondley College and University College London.-Tonic sol-fa:...
it came into the English-speaking world, and was carried by Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His most well-known tunes include Mary Had A Little Lamb and the arrangement of Joy to the World...
into the United States. A hundred years later, the Hungarian music educator Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
adapted the system in his Kodály Method
Kodály Method
The Kodály Method, also referred to as the Kodály Concept, is an approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century by Zoltán Kodály...
.
He is also the father of Émile-Frédéric-Maurice Chevé (1829-after 1890), a poet.
Writings
- Méthode élémentaire de musique vocale, théorie et pratique, chiffrée et portée
- Méthode d'harmonie et de composition
- 800 duos gradués
- Méthode élémentaire de piano
- Appel au bon sens de toutes les nations qui désirent voir se généraliser chez elles l'enseignement musical
- Protestation adressée au comité central d'instruction primaire de la ville de Paris, contre un rapport de la Commission de chant
- La routine et le bon sens
- Coup de grâce à la routine musicale