Joseph Morpain (1873 – 12 February 1961) was a French pianist and teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris and École Normale de Musique de Paris, whose prominent students included Clara Haskil and Monique Haas.
Career He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Émile Decombes, a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. Reynaldo Hahn was one of his classmates.Reynaldo Hahn.net; Retrieved 27 August 2013 He was also a student of Gabriel Fauré.jolyon.com; Retrieved 27 August 2013
His own pupils at the Conservatoire and the École Normale de Musique included Clara Haskil, Monique Haas,allmusic; Retrieved 27 August 2013 Lucien Wang,National University of Singapore: Lucien Wang ; Retrieved 27 August 2013 Madeleine de Valmalète,Free Music Archive; Retrieved 27 August 2013 Raymond Trouard, Carmen-Marie-Lucie Guilbert,Classics Online ; Retrieved 27 August 2013 Pierre Maillard-Verger,musimem.com; Retrieved 27 August 2013 and Ramon Coll.simposimompou ; Retrieved 27 August 2013
He was acting Director of the École Normale de Musique from 1944. Scholawoeks; Retrieved 27 August 2013
He published "Comment il faut jouer du piano", and "50 Chansons des Charentes et du Poitou" (1924).Pierre L. Horn ed., Handbook of French Popular Culture; Retrieved 27 August 2013
Reynaldo Hahn dedicated the first two of his Premières valses (1898) to Morpain.bnf: Reynaldo Hahn bnf; Retrieved 27 August 2013
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