It was produced by a split from the Schola Cantorum following a disagreement over the artistic testament of Vincent d'Indy.
This comment by Joseph Canteloube, in his book Vincent d’Indy,[1] reports the incident : In his artistic testament, d'Indy had designated the directors that he wished to see at the head of the Schola after his death.
But for certain reasons, of no interest here, the actions of the Schola were taken back in order to form a majority to reverse the board of directors.
Seeing this, the artistic counsel (Gabriel Pierné, Paul Dukas, Guy Ropartz, Albert Roussel, and Pierre de Bréville, resigned.
This school trained a large number of talented musicians, among which were Charles Brown, René Benedetti,[2] Jean Pagot,[3] Jeanne Joulain, Éliane Lejeune-Bonnier, Antoinette Labye, Michel and Denise Chapuis, Élisabeth[4] and Joachim Havard de la Montagne, Paule Piédelièvre,[5] Philippe de Bremond d’Ars, Noëlie Pierront, Geneviève de La Salle, Charles Pineau, abbot Pierre Kaelin,[6] canon Louis Aubeux, Roger Calmel, Arlette Mayer-Pize, etc.