Édouard Batiste

Édouard Batiste (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ batist]; 28 March 1820 – 9 November 1876) was a French composer and organist.

Batiste was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatory as a teenager, winning prizes in solfège, harmony and accompaniment, counterpoint and fugue, and organ.

In 1840, he won the Prix de Rome together with François Bazin.

While at Saint-Eustache, he performed the organ in the premiere of Hector Berlioz's Te Deum in April 1855, conducted by the composer.

His students included Edward Morris Bowman,[2] composer Léo Delibes, who was also his nephew, and Joseph Lennon.