Jehan Ariste Alain (February 3, 1911 June 20, 1940) was a French organist and composer.
Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris, into a family of musicians. His fa...
Jehan Ariste Alain (February 3, 1911 June 20, 1940) was a French organist and composer.
Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris, into a family of musicians. His father, Albert Alain (1880-1971) was an enthusiastic organist, composer and organ-builder who had studied with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne. His younger brother was the composer, organist and pianist Olivier Alain (1918-1994), his youngest sister the organist Marie-Claire Alain (b. 1926). 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. By the age of eleven, Jehan was substituting at St. Germain-en-Laye.
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If it's Marie Claire Alain, as the info panel says, she is his sister, one of the most revered organists in France, and the world.