His short career as a composer began in 1929, when Alain was 18, and lasted until the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later. Six-minute improvisation-was made in 1938.

He also played regularly at the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth synagogue, where the only known recording of his playing-a He was appointed organist of Saint-Nicholas de Maisons Lafitte in Paris in 1935, and remained there for four years. 48, Introduction, Variations, Scherzo and Choral. His studies in composition with Paul Dukas and Jean Roger-Ducasse won him the Prix des amis de l'orgue in 1936 for his Suite for Organ Op. He studied the organ with Marcel Dupré, under whose direction he took first prize for Organ and Improvisation in 1939. Between 19, he attended the Paris Conservatoire and achieved First Prize in Harmony under André Bloch and First Prize in Fugue with Georges Caussade. By the age of 11, Jehan was substituting at St. Jehan received his initial training in the piano from Augustin Pierson, the organist of Saint-Louis at Versailles, and in the organ from his father, who had built a four-manual instrument in the family sitting room. His younger brother was the composer, organist and pianist Olivier Alain (1918–1994), his youngest sister the organist Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013). His father, Albert Alain (1880–1971) was an enthusiastic organist, composer and organ-builder who had studied with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne. Jehan Ariste Alain (3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist and composer.Īlain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris, into a family of musicians. Internet references, biography information: Nunc et in ho-ra mor-tis nos-trae, A-men.Īlt: play mp3 sample Jehan Alain Ave MariaĬD: Les plus beaux Ave Maria - Beatrice Gobin

Bärenreiter (2005)Įt be-ne-di-ctus fru-ctus ven-tris tu-i, Je-sus. Text author: traditional/ adapted by Albert Alain (1880-1971), 1942Īvailable documentation: Score: available in Ave Maria, gratia plena Ave Maria settings for solo voice and organ Publ. Year of composition / 1st publication: 1937

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